|CHAPTER�8�-�COST-OF-LIVING�ALLOWANCE�FOR�MEMBERS�ASSIGNED�TO�HIGH-COST�AREAS�IN�CONUS�(CONUS�COLA)
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| | U8011� MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS | 
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| | A.� Called (or Ordered) to Active Duty for 20 Weeks or More.� | 
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| | Members of the reserve components called (or ordered) to active duty for 20 or more weeks at one location are entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the PLEAD, beginning on the day the member is entitled to BAQ (66 Comp. Gen. 453 (1987)).� The initial rate shall terminate on the day before the day the member reports at the duty location prescribed in the active duty orders. Entitlement to a CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the PDS location begins on the day the member reports at that location.� The member's CONUS COLA entitlement is reduced by the number of travel days allowed under par. U5160 for direct travel from the PLEAD to the active duty location and return. | 
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| | B. Called (or Ordered) to Active Duty for Less Than 20 Weeks.� | 
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| | Members of the reserve components called (or ordered) to active duty for less than 20 weeks aren't entitled to CONUS COLA unless the call or order to active duty is in support of a contingency operation (see Appendix A for definition of "contingency operation.")� A member called (or ordered) to active duty in support of a contingency operation is entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed for the location of principal place of residence at the time called or ordered to active duty. | 
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| | U8012� NEW MEMBERS� | 
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| | Newly inducted enlisted or reenlisted members, officers, or officer candidates are entitled to CONUS COLA at the rate prescribed: | 
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| | 1.for members without dependents, the duty location to which assigned; or, | 
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| | 2.for members with dependents, the location of the primary dependent. | 
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| | The rate for members without dependents shall change on the day the member arrives at each new duty location until the member arrives at the designated initial PDS.� The rate is based on the location of the primary dependent for members with dependents until the day before the day the member arrives at the member�s initial PDS.� The CONUS COLA entitlement is reduced by the number of travel days authorized under par. U5160 for direct travel from the PLEAD to the first PDS. | 
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| | U8013� CONUS COLA AT WITH DEPENDENT RATE FOR MEMBERS WITH PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF CHILDREN | 
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| | Generally, a divorced or legally separated member with legal custody of a child or children of the marriage is entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate.� However, a member parent who has physical custody, but not legal custody, of at least one child is entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate when the following conditions are met: | 
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| | 1.the member must be entitled to BAQ, and | 
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| | 2.physical custody must be for a minimum of 90 consecutive days (a break, or breaks if for 5 days or less, shall not be considered an interruption of the 90-day period). | 
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| | 1. If the divorce or separation involves two members, it is possible for both members to be entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate. This is the case when each parent has physical custody of one or more children at the same time. Both members can't draw VHA at the with dependent rate based on physical custody of the same child(ren) at the same time. | 
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| | 2.� In cases where the child or children are in the physical custody of a member paying child support for more than� 90� consecutive days� (excluding a break or breaks for� 5� days or less), such member is not considered to be receiving BAQ at the with dependent rate solely because he or she is paying child support (B-230318, April 18, 1990). | 
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| | U8014� CONUS COLA INCIDENT TO EVACUATION OF MEMBER'S PDS | 
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| | A.� Members With Dependents | 
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| | 1.� Continuation ofCONUSCOLAat Member'sPDS.� | 
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| | A member, whose dependents are evacuated and who was entitled to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate prescribed for the member�s PDS on the date of such evacuation, shall be entitled to continue to be paid such allowances while the member's PDS remains unchanged, unless the Secretarial Process issues a determination, under the provisions in Par U8005-B, that it is necessary for the dependents to maintain a permanent residence in an area other than the one in which the PDS is located. When such a determination is issued, entitlement to CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate, based on the location of the designated place for the primary dependent, begins on the day after the day on which per diem at the designated place (authorized in par. U6054-E) terminates. | 
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| | 2.� CONUSCOLAat Designated Place.� | 
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| | When a member's command sponsored dependents are residing at a designated place in the CONUS incident to an evacuation, the member is entitled to a CONUS COLA at the with dependent rate beginning on the day after the day on which per diem at the designated place (authorized in par. U6005-E) terminates.� The rate applicable is based on the location of the designated place for the primary dependent. | 
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| | B.� Members Without Dependents.� | 
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| | A member without dependents, who was entitled to CONUS COLA at the PDS on the date an evacuation is ordered, shall continue to be entitled to the CONUS COLA until the day before the day the member reports at the new PDS. | 
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| | U8015� EARLY RETURN OF DEPENDENTS | 
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| | A member is entitled to CONUS COLA when all dependents return to CONUS, before the member, from the member�s OCONUS PDS.� CONUS COLA at the with-dependent rate begins the day one or more dependents arrive at the location of their permanent residence or the day all the dependents have departed the member�s OCONUS PDS, whichever is later.� To be eligible for CONUS COLA, the member must be entitled to a BAQ based on those dependents.� The rate applicable is based on the location where the dependents establish a permanent residence.��� | 
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| | CHAPTER 9 - STATION ALLOWANCES� | 
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| | PART A:� DEFINITIONS� | 
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| | U9000� DEFINITION OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS CHAPTER | 
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| | A.Member With Dependents.� | 
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| | In this Chapter, a member who: | 
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| | 1.is authorized to have dependents reside at or in the vicinity of the member's PDS outside: | 
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| | a.the United States for OHA purposes, and� | 
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| | b.CONUS for COLA purposes,� | 
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| | and whose dependents do so reside;� | 
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| | 2.is joined by or who acquires dependents while serving outside: | 
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| | a.the United States for OHA purposes, and� | 
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| | b.CONUS for COLA purposes,� | 
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| | provided the dependents are command-sponsored;� | 
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| | 3.on the effective date of PCS orders had a member spouse: | 
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| | a. who was later� released from active duty, or� | 
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| | b.separated from the Service,� | 
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| | and remained in the vicinity of the first member's former PDS. | 
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| | The requirements in item 2 don�t apply to members whose PDSs are in nonforeign OCONUS areas if the dependents who join or are acquired by the member are bona fide residents of the respective nonforeign OCONUS area, or are officers or employees of the United States stationed in the nonforeign OCONUS area, as the case may be. | 
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| | B.Member Without Dependents.� | 
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| | In this Chapter, means a member: | 
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| | 1.who has no dependents,� | 
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| | 2.whose dependents don�t reside in the PDS vicinity,� | 
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| | 3.who isn�t a "member with dependents" under subpar. A, during the remainder of a tour in which dependents join or are acquired by the member,� | 
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| | 4.who has noncommand sponsored dependents residing in the PDS vicinity, or� | 
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| | 5.who doesn�t have legal custody and control of the dependents (B-131142, June 3, 1957). | 
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| | C.Sharer. | 
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| | In this Chapter a member entitled to an OHA and residing with one or more: | 
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| | 1.members entitled to an OHA; and/or� | 
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| | 2.federal civilian employees, including dependents, entitled to a living quarters allowance; and/or� | 
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| | 3.individuals, excluding the member's dependents, who contribute money toward the payment of rent, mortgage and/or utilities. | 
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| | D.Station Allowances | 
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| | 1.OHA authorized in Part B1,� | 
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| | 2.COLA authorized in Part B2, and� | 
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