|CHAPTER��11�-�TRANSPORTATION�OF�PRIVATELY�OWNED�VEHICLES�(POVs)
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| | CHAPTER� 11 - TRANSPORTATION OF PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES (POVs) | 
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| | C11000� GENERAL | 
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| | POVs (as defined in Appendix A) of an employee transferred in the Government's interest, a new appointee, or a student trainee assigned the first PDS, may be transported at Government expense: | 
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| | 1.when it's determined in advance of authorization that it's in the Government's interest for the employee to have POV use at the OCONUS PDS, or� | 
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| | 2.in the case of an employee whose PDS is Johnston Island (Atoll), and Hawaii is the place designated for the immediate family to reside, or� | 
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| | 3.when it's determined that transporting POV(s) wholly within CONUS is advantageous and economical to the Government. (see par. C11009.) | 
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| | C11001� DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY (OCONUS) | 
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| | Commanding officers or designated representatives who assign employees OCONUS are delegated authority to determine the employees' eligibility to transport a POV at Government expense.� Compliance with the criteria set forth in this Chapter and consistent treatment of all DOD employees must be assured.� Commanding officers or designated representatives in CONUS who assign employees OCONUS must comply with the eligibility criteria established for the specific OCONUS area and obtain clearance from the appropriate OCONUS command. | 
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| | C11002� ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (OCONUS) | 
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| | A. General | 
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| | One POV may be transported at Government expense when it's determined to be in the Government's interest for the employee to have POV use at the PDS.� A determination of� in the Government's interest must be made as circumstances change and when the employee agrees to serve a succeeding tour of duty at the same or another OCONUS PDS.� A record of determination must be made in writing and filed in the employee's personnel folder. | 
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| | B.Conditions | 
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| | A determination/redetermination that it's in the Government's interest for the employee to have the POV use at the OCONUS PDS may be made only if all of the following conditions are present: | 
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| | 1.local conditions at the PDS where the POV is to be used make it desirable from the Government's viewpoint for the employee to have a POV;� | 
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| | 2.POV use by the employee contributes to job effectiveness;� | 
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| | 3.use of the POV type involved is suitable in the local conditions of the PDS;� | 
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| | 4.the cost of transporting the POV to/from the PDS involved isn't excessive considering the time the employee has agreed to serve at that PDS; and��� | 
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| | 5.the POV is a USPOV except as indicated in par. C11003-B.� See definition of USPOV in Appendix A. | 
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| | C.� Employees Assigned to Johnston Island | 
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| | An employee, assigned on permanent duty to Johnston Island, may transport one POV at Government expense from the old PDS to Hawaii if Hawaii is designated as the location at which dependents are to reside during the specified tour of duty.� When reassigned from Johnston Island to a new PDS, one POV may be transported from Hawaii to the port serving the new PDS, or at the employee's request, to an alternate port subject to the employee reimbursing the Government for all costs in excess of having the POV transported from Hawaii to the port from which the POV was originally shipped to Hawaii. | 
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| | C11003� CONDITIONS GOVERNING TRANSPORTATION (OCONUS) | 
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| | A.Transportation Not Authorized | 
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| | Transportation of a POV isn't authorized when: | 
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| | 1.the POV may be driven to the PDS over hard-surfaced all-weather highways, including ferries, and it's determined that the employee, or dependent(s), reasonably should be expected to drive the vehicle (See par. C2156 concerning reimbursement for use of ocean-going car ferries when it's determined that the employee or dependent(s) should drive the vehicle for only part of the distance involved.);� | 
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| | 2.the local government prohibits importation of such a vehicle, applies particularly difficult restrictions on such importations, or the pertinent military department's regulations prohibit or advise against the shipment of such vehicles for military personnel (This item doesn't apply for an employee assigned on Johnston Island who is authorized to ship a POV to Hawaii under par. C11002-C.);� | 
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| | 3.a vehicle is purchased in a U.S. territory or possession or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands by an employee not permanently assigned there at the time of the purchase, unless it's used by the employee or dependent for personal transportation at the OCONUS PDS as a replacement vehicle.� This item prohibits only the shipment at Government expense incident to the employee's PCS following purchase of the vehicle. | 
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| | B.Shipment at Government Expense of� Foreign Privately Owned Vehicle (FPOV) | 
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| | 1.General.� | 
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| | Transportation at Government expense of a FPOV (see Appendix A) incident to PCS is prohibited except to or from OCONUS locations listed in Appendix E, or in accordance with the exceptions specifically contained subpar. 3.� Transportation of a FPOV from a location that has been exempted may be authorized at Government expense if the FPOV is a make and model authorized for use in the area.� Transportation of a FPOV from an exempted location may be authorized at Government expense if the FPOV was purchased: | 
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| | a.� more than one year prior to the date it was delivered for transportation; and� | 
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| | b.� for use as transportation by the employee/dependents at the OCONUS PDS. | 
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| | The one-year requirement contained in item a may be waived by the OCONUS area commander or designated representative if the employee must purchase an FPOV as a replacement for a POV which isn't repairable or was lost or destroyed through fire, theft, accident, or rapid deterioration. | 
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| | 2.Responsibilities�� | 
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| | a.OCONUS Commanders.� | 
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| | The senior commander or designated representative in the local OCONUS area shall: | 
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| | (1)recommend that the area be exempt from FPOV restriction in accordance with the criteria contained in Appendix E, Part II.� The recommendation should be sent for consideration through channels to the Director, Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee (PDTATAC), Hoffman Building #1, Room 836, 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA� 22331-1300; for consideration;� | 
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| | (2)after the area is exempted, publish and keep current a list of FPOVs by make and model that can adequately be serviced, repaired, provide transportation in the area and which are approved for transportation at Government expense.� Provide a current list to the address in subpar. 1 above ;� | 
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| | (3)must advise employees who are on PCS orders to the exempted area of the availability or nonavailability of parts, service, fuel, oil, etc. for USPOVs and FPOVs in the area concerned; and� | 
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| | (4)should recommend changes to the list of OCONUS areas exempt from restrictions on transportation of FPOV's as contained in Appendix E, Part I and forward such changes through channels to the address in subpar. 1 above. | 
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| | b.Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee (PDTATAC).� | 
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| | The PDTATAC: | 
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| | (1)reviews all requests for exemption and propose changes to Appendix E, Part I; and� | 
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| | (2)requires a biennial review of exempt areas to determine if the areas should remain on the exempt list. | 
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| | Areas for which biennial review and justification aren't provided shall be deleted. | 
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| | c.Final Determinations.� | 
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| | The PDTATAC Chair makes the final determination on all changes to the exempt list and the recommendations of the biennial review from the PDTATAC. | 
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| | 3.Exemptions.� | 
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| | The prohibition on the transportation of� FPOVs doesn't apply to the following: | 
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| | a.� transportation to/from duty stations located in any of the OCONUS areas listed in Appendix E; or from authorized alternate locations when an employee is assigned to an area listed in Appendix E; shipment directly to the United States or via other OCONUS duty stations when the employee has been assigned from a duty station listed in Appendix E to OCONUS duty station(s) not listed in Appendix E prior to return to the United States;� | 
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| | b.� a FPOV purchased by an employee from a person who is eligible for transportation of the vehicle at Government expense; | 
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| | c.� FPOVs transported at personal or Government expense to the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, Guam, Midway, Wake Island, or American Samoa, subsequently may be transported at Government expense in connection with a transfer of the employee by PCS orders, if the employee otherwise is eligible for shipment of a POV under this Chapter.� (This exception to the prohibition on transportation of FPOVs doesn't authorize reloading and transportation to final destination at Government expense for FPOVs returned at personal expense to a transportation point in one of the above named localities, incident to a PCS between OCONUS areas.); �� | 
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| | d.� an FPOV purchased OCONUS as a replacement for a POV transported at Government expense, when the OCONUS commander determines before such transporting that the replacement was necessary because the POV transported OCONUS at Government expense was destroyed/lost through fire, theft, accident, or similar causes (this must result from other than the employee's deliberate damage to or loss of the POV), or that the original POV transported OCONUS had deteriorated due to severe climatic conditions and it was necessary for the employee to purchase a replacement, and authorizes the transportation based on that determination;� | 
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| | e.an FPOV purchased OCONUS as a replacement for an original POV transported at Government expense, or an FPOV purchased OCONUS under item d, in the case of an employee who is to serve consecutive OCONUS assignments, when the OCONUS commander has determined that the original POV transported or purchased OCONUS isn't suitable for reshipment to the employee's new OCONUS PDS because of age or other conditions and it was necessary for the employee to purchase a replacement. | 
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| | See Appendix A for the definition of a FPOV.� The transportation of a FPOV at Government expense is prohibited in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph.� New and used USPOVs (See Appendix A) may be transported at Government expense by personnel otherwise eligible under this Chapter for POV transportation at Government expense.� In all cases, the burden of proof is on the applicant to provide the documentation required to support the request for transportation of a POV. | 
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| | C.OCONUS Areas Exempt From Restrictions on Shipments of FPOVs | 
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| | A list of OCONUS areas exempt from restrictions on transportation of FPOVs is contained in Appendix E, Part I.� Requests for changes to this list are made in accordance with the instructions contained in Appendix E, Part II.� A biennial review of all exempted areas is made by the PDTATAC to determine if such places should remain on the exemption list.� The senior officer of the Uniformed Services, or designated representative, in each location or area listed in Appendix E, must furnish information for this biennial review if that location or area is to remain on the list.� Only one report is made for those areas where both uniformed members and DOD employees are stationed (see JFTR, par. U5415-B2a(1)). | 
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| | D.Transportation Authorized.� | 
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| | Transportation of a POV may be authorized when an employee: | 
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| | 1.is transferred or assigned from a CONUS location to an OCONUS PDS, meets the eligibility criteria in par. C11002, and signs an agreement as provided in par. C4001;� | 
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| | 2.is transferred or assigned from an OCONUS location to another OCONUS duty station, meets the eligibility criteria in par. C11002, and signs an agreement as provided in par. C4001; | 
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