|CHAPTER��1�-�DEPARTMENT�OF�DEFENSE�(DOD)�EMPLOYEE�TRAVEL�ADMINISTRATION
    PART�B:��CONDITIONS
        C1057��TIME�LIMITS�FOR�BEGINNING�TRAVEL�AND�TRANSPORTATION
            B.��RELOCATION�ALLOWANCES�AND�ENTITLEMENTS�FOR�EMPLOYEES�RELOCATED�FROM�OR�TO�PRESIDENTIALLY�DECLARED�DISASTER�AREAS�IN�FLORIDA
                1.��General
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| | To assist employees relocating from or to the Presidentially declared disaster areas of Florida and Louisiana (listed in subpar. 2) as a result of Hurricane Andrew, DOD components may, for reasons attributable to the disaster: | 
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| | a.� authorize NTS for a period up to 3 years for relocated employees who need an extension of the maximum time limitation on temporary storage of HHG by declaring the employee's PDS an isolated duty station (applicable in all the declared disaster locations); | 
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| | b.� authorize an extension to the 120 days time limitation on occupancy of temporary quarters, as needed, in 60 day increments (applicable in all the declared disaster locations); | 
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| | c.� authorize reimbursement for temporary quarters in an amount greater than the Standard CONUS rate ceiling not in excess of (a) 300 percent of the applicable maximum per diem rate for the disaster localities specified in subpar. 3, during the periods indicated for the areas concerned, or (b) 150 percent of the applicable maximum per diem rate for the Presidentially declared disaster areas listed in subpar. 2, but not specified in subpar. 3, as well as for all Presidentially declared disaster areas listed in subpar. 2, after the dates indicated in subpar. 3, items a and b; | 
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| | d.� authorize extensions to the 3-year time limitation on completion of residence transactions as needed in 1-year increments (applicable in all the declared disaster locations); | 
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| | e.� authorize extension to the 3-year time limitation on the beginning of travel and transportation associated with a permanent change of official station, as needed, in 1-year increments when the 3-year time limitation for completion of residence transactions is extended under item d (applicable in all declared disaster locations); and, | 
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| | f.� pay under the terms and conditions of the relocation service contract for reappraisal and reinspection of hurricane-damaged homes, after repair, in the case of employees participating in the relocation service program. | 
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| | Florida counties and Louisiana parishes officially designated as a Presidentially declared disaster area following Hurricane Andrew (Florida: 23 Aug 1992, Louisiana 25 Aug 1992) and are retroactive to the effective date of the disaster declaration applicable to each area (see subpar. 2 for date). | 
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| | 2.� Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas in Florida and Louisiana as a Result of Hurricane Andrew | 
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| | Following is a complete listing (current as of 15 September 1992) of all Florida counties (item a) and Louisiana parishes (item b) declared disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Andrew: | 
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| | a.� Florida:� counties of Broward (8/24/92), Collier (8/28/92), Dade (8/24/92), and Monroe (8/24/92); | 
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| | b.� Louisiana: parishes of Acadia (9/1/92), Allen (9/1/92), Ascension� (8/28/92), Assumption (8/26/92), Avoyelles (9/1/92), Calcasieu (9/1/92), Cameron (9/1/92), East Baton Rouge (8/28/92), East Feliciana (8/29/92), Evangeline (9/1/92), Iberia (8/26/92), Iberville (8/26/92), Jefferson (8/29/92), Jefferson Davis (9/1/92), Lafayette (8/28/92), Lafourche (8/26/92), Livingston (9/1/92), Orleans (9/1/92), Plaquemines (9/1/92), Pointe Coupee (8/29/92), Rapides (9/1/92), St. Bernard (9/1/92), St. Charles (8/28/92), St. Helena (9/1/92), St. James (9/1/92), St. John the Baptist (8/26/92), St. Landry (9/1/92), St, Martin (8/26/92), St. Mary (8/26/92), St. Tammany (8/28/92), Tangipahoe (9/1/92), Terrebonne (8/26/92), Vermilion (9/1/92), Washington (9/1/92), West Baton Rouge (8/28/92), and West Feliciana (8/28/92). | 
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| | Date in parenthesis is the effective date of the disaster declaration applicable to each area. | 
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| | 3.� Disaster Localities | 
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| | Maximum daily amount of reimbursement not to exceed 300 percent of applicable maximum per diem rate may be approved for actual and necessary subsistence expenses incurred while in temporary quarters in the localities designated in items a and b during the periods indicated. | 
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| | a.� Florida:� counties of Broward, Dade and Monroe during the period 24 August through 22 October 1992; and, Collier county during the period 23 September through 22 October 1992; | 
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| | b.� Louisiana:� parishes of Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Lafourche, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne during the period 26 August through 24 October 1992 and East Baton Rouge during the period 25 September through 24 October 1992 | 
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| | C1058� PRUDENCE IN TRAVEL | 
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| | A.� Obligation to Exercise Prudence�� | 
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| | 1.An employee must exercise the same care and regard for expenses as a prudent person traveling at personal expense.�� | 
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| | 2.An employee must maintain records to validate expenses of $75 or more and all lodging costs. | 
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| | 3.Excess costs, circuitous routes, delays or luxury accommodations that are unnecessary or unjustified are the employee's financial responsibility.� | 
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| | B.� Starting and Ending Travel | 
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| | a.The travel order establishes when travel status starts and ends.� | 
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| | b.Ordinarily, an employee on official travel isn't required to travel during unreasonable hours at night.�� | 
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| | c.When night travel is required, the only acceptable sleeping accommodations are: | 
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| | 1.ship staterooms, and | 
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| | 2.train sleeping cars. | 
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| | NOTE:Reclining seats on planes, trains, or buses don't constitute acceptable sleeping accommodations.�� | 
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| | d.An employee shouldn't be required to use a carrier that requires boarding or departing between 2400 hours and 0600 hours if there are more reasonable schedules that meet mission requirements.�� | 
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| | e.A prudent employee should have travel scheduled so that hotel accommodations may be acquired so the employee can retire at a reasonable hour and be ready to perform official business as required.� (33 Comp. Gen. 221 (1953);� 61 i.d. 448 (1982)). | 
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| | 2.� Travel During Normal Hours of Rest�� | 
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| | a.The order-issuing/authenticating official may authorize/approve a rest stop en route when travel must be scheduled: | 
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| | (1)to start at, near, or after the end of the employee's regularly scheduled duty hours;� | 
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| | (2)during normal hours of rest and the transportation mode doesn't provide adequate sleeping accommodations,� | 
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| | b.Rest stops should: | 
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| | (1)not exceed a reasonable rest period plus necessary time to obtain the earliest transportation to the authorized destination, | 
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| | (2)be scheduled at a point en route where free stopovers are permitted (if possible) by the carriers, and� | 
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| | (3)not be authorized/approved if an employee takes leave at a stop over. | 
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| | 3.Travel During Regular Hours of Duty. | 
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| | Travel should be scheduled so an employee travels during regular duty hours.� To prevent travel during off-duty hours it isn't unreasonable for an employee to: | 
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| | a.depart from the PDS the afternoon before the day the employee is required at the TDY station, or | 
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| | b.depart from the TDY station the morning after completing a TDY assignment, provided the employee isn't required to be at the PDS that morning. | 
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| | 4.Travel During Off-Duty Hours.� | 
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| | When an employee must travel on off-duty hours, no more than 1 additional travel day should be allowed.�� | 
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| | Example 1:� | 
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| | An employee completes official TDY duty on Friday afternoon.� The employee should leave on Friday when official duty ends (and arrive at the PDS on Friday) and receive 75% M&IE for that travel day.� To prevent the employee from traveling after regulation duty hours, the order-issuing/authenticating official may delay departure until the next day (in this case, Saturday).� The employee receives per diem (including lodging) for Friday.� Saturday is the travel day (assuming arrival at PDS on Saturday) and the employee receives 75% M&IE for Saturday.� Any additional days of delayed travel are at the employee's expense. | 
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| | Example 2: | 
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| | An employee is required to attend a conference that starts at 0800 on Monday morning.� If the employee is authorized to depart the PDS on Friday to travel during regular duty hours, payment of per diem is limited to one day of travel as though the employee had departed for the TDY destination on Sunday (75% M&IE plus lodging) (56 Comp. Gen. 847 (1977)).� Any additional days of early travel are at the employee's expense. | 
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| | C.� Rest Stops When OCONUS Travel is Involved� | 
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| | A rest stop, of 24 hours or less, may be authorized/approved when: | 
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| | a.the origin or destination point is OCONUS, | 
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| | b.direct travel between authorized origin and destination points is separated by several time zones, | 
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| | c.air travel between the two points is in less than premium-class accommodations, and� | 
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| | d.the scheduled flight time, including stop-overs, exceeds 14 hours by a direct or usually traveled route. | 
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| | 2.Location of Rest Stop.� A rest stop: | 
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| | a.may be authorized/approved at any intermediate point, and | 
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