|CHAPTER�9�-�STATION�ALLOWANCES
    PART�D:�MISCELLANEOUS�CONDITIONS�AFFECTING�PAYMENT��OF�ALLOWANCES
        U9300�MEMBERS�ASSIGNED�TO�SHIPS�OR�FLEET�UNITS
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| | U9300 MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO SHIPS OR FLEET UNITS� | 
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| | A.� Member With Dependents Assigned to Duty Aboard a Ship or Other Fleet Unit. | 
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| | A member with dependents assigned to duty aboard a ship or other fleet unit having an assigned homeport outside the continental United States(CONUS)is entitled to receive the appropriate station allowances for a member with dependents when supported by a statement of the member's commanding officer, or an officer designated by the commanding officer for that purpose, that the dependents have established a residence at or in the vicinity of the homeport.� The applicable station allowances are payable in such cases even though the member is being fed, quartered, or both, in kind aboard ship or with the member's fleet unit.� The rates payable are the rates applicable to the homeport of the ship or fleet unit.� When determining the rates of station allowances payable, and the rules applicable under this Part, to a member assigned to a vessel or fleet unit whose dependents have established a residence at or in the vicinity of the homeport of such vessel or fleet unit, such homeport is considered as though it were the "member's duty station" or "PDS." | 
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| | B.� Member Assigned to Duty Aboard a Two-Crew Submarine (SSBN) | 
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| | 1.� When Member Reports to Homeport Before Reporting on Board. | 
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| | When a member, assigned byPCSorders to a two-crew nuclear submarine (SSBN), reports to the homeport of the vessel, the member is entitled to station allowances.� When determining the rates payable and the rule applicable, the homeport of the vessel is considered as though it were the member'sPDS(see pars.U2200-C3and U4102-N (57 Comp. Gen. 178 (1977)). | 
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| | 2.� Member Without Dependents Ordered to Temporary Additional Duty at Homeport. | 
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| | The payment ofHAandCOLAis authorized under Parts B1 and B2 to a member without dependents assigned to a two-crew nuclear submarine (SSBN) after reporting on board, while the member is performingTDYashore,� for training and rehabilitation for periods of more than 15 days at theOCONUShomeport of the vessel.� When determining the rates payable and rules applicable in connection withHAandCOLAunder this subparagraph, the homeport of the vessel is considered as though it were the member's duty station.� This subparagraph doesn't apply to entitlements other thanHAandCOLA(53 Comp. Gen. 535 (1974)). | 
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| | C.� Fractional COLA for Member Without Dependents. | 
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| | A member without dependents assigned to duty aboard a ship or other fleet unit having an assignedOCONUShomeport is entitled to a fractionalCOLAas prescribed in par.�U9156when the member isn't in a travel status but whose duty requires the member to be absent from thePDSduring one or more meals (54 Comp. Gen. 333 (1974)). | 
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| | D.� Officer Without Dependents Assigned to Sea Duty-Quarters Become Uninhabitable (Not Applicable to Coast Guard Except When Operating as a Service in the Navy). | 
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| | An officer, without dependents and assigned to a ship or an afloat staff homeportedOCONUS, is entitled toHAwhen quarters on board become uninhabitable due to overhaul and/or repairs and there are no Government quarters available ashore.� ACOLAis authorized when there is no Government mess available ashore or aboard ship.� When determining the rates payable in connection withHAandCOLAunder this subparagraph, the rates applicable to the location of overhaul or repair of the ship shall apply (B-188481, June 13, 1978). | 
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| | U9301 MEMBERS ORDEREDPCSTO A DEPENDENT RESTRICTED OR UNACCOMPANIED TOUR� | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | A member with dependents who is reassigned from anOCONUSPDSto a dependent restricted or unaccompanied tour at anOCONUSPDSmay be authorized to receive station allowances as provided in this paragraph.� Such authorization can't be retroactive.� A member who is reassigned from aPDSinCONUSto aPDSin a dependent restricted tour area or to anOCONUSunaccompanied tour is entitled to station allowances on behalf of dependents when the dependents move to a designatedOCONUSlocation pursuant to pars. U5222-C3a, U5222-C4, U5222-D1, item c (68 Comp. Gen. 167 (1989)) or the designated place is the location of the member�s nextPCS. | 
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| | B.� Reassignment from CONUS or from Overseas from Other Than a Dependent Restricted or Unaccompanied Tour to a Dependent Restricted or Unaccompanied Tour | 
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| | 1.Dependents Remain in Vicinity of OldPDS(Includes Spouse Separated from the Service or Relieved from Active Duty After Effective Date of Spouse�sPCSOrder).� A member onOCONUSduty whose dependents are residing in the vicinity of the member�sPDSat the time orders are issued reassigning the member to a dependent restricted or unaccompanied tour is entitled to station allowances for the old PDS in the same manner as if the member were present there for duty for the period dependents continue to reside in the vicinity of the oldPDS, if authorized by the Secretarial Process. The Secretarial authorization isn't required if thePCSorders state the member is scheduled to be assigned back to the oldPDSto serve an accompanied tour immediately after completing the dependent restricted or unaccompanied tour.�� | 
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| | 2.� Dependents Move to Designated Place.� If dependents move to a designated place under par. U5222-C3a, U5222-C4, item b or item c, or U5222-D1, item b, item c or item d, the member is entitled to station allowances (includes TLA when member�sPDSis reclassified from other than an overseas dependent restricted tourPDSto a dependent restricted tourPDS-59 Comp. Gen. 353 (1980)) applicable to that designated place in the same manner as if the member were there present for duty when supported by a copy of the dependent travel authorization and by the member�s statement that the dependents have established a residence at the designatedOCONUSplace.� Entitlement to station allowances for the oldPDS, if authorized under subpar. 1, shall not continue beyond the day before the date the dependents depart from the vicinity of the old station.� Entitlement to station allowances authorized in Parts B1 and B2 and par.U9200at the rates authorized for the designated place will begin on the date the dependents arrive there. | 
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| | 3.� Member Serves Dependent Restricted Tour at the FirstPDS.� When a member serves a dependent restricted tour at the firstPDS, entitlement to station allowances for dependents is based on locations described in par. U5222-D1, items b, c, or d if the dependents have been authorized/approved to reside there through the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | C.� Reassignment from a Dependent Restricted or Unaccompanied Tour to Another Dependent Restricted or Unaccompanied Tour | 
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| | 1.� Dependents Continue to Remain at Member�s PriorPDSor Previously Designated Place.� A member transferred between dependent restricted tour(s) or unaccompanied tour(s), where dependents don't move, continues to be entitled to station allowances on the same basis and under the same conditions as authorized in subpar. B1 or B2. | 
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| | 2.� Dependents Move from Member�s PriorPDSto a Designated Place or from a Designated Place to Another Designated Place.� A member transferred between dependent restricted tour(s) or unaccompanied tour(s) in which dependents aren't permitted to establish a residence is entitled to the station allowances on the same basis and under the same conditions as authorized in subpar. B2. | 
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| | D.� Member�s PDS Declared a Dependent Restricted Tour Area.� | 
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| | When dependents are residing in the vicinity of member�sPDSat the time suchPDSis declared to be an area in which dependents may not reside, station allowances entitlement is as authorized in subpar. B2 or par.U9304, as applicable.� | 
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| | E.� Entry Permission Withdrawn While Dependents en Route.� | 
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| | If dependents are en route to a member�sPDS, or to a designated place to which transportation of dependents at Government expense has been authorized, when thePDSis declared a dependent restricted tour area or further orders are issued assigning the member to another dependent restricted tour area, the member is entitled to the station allowances as a member with dependents prescribed in Parts B1 and B2 and par.U9200for the place to which dependents are diverted, beginning on the day they arrive there and terminating on the day before the day the dependents depart therefrom, or as otherwise prescribed in subpar. G.� Payment is supported by a statement of the member�s commanding officer, or an officer designated by the commanding officer for that purpose, that the dependents were notified that permission to complete their travel had been withdrawn and that the dependents were directed to proceed to a specified place to await further instructions. | 
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| | F.� Subsequent Reassignment to Unrestricted Area. | 
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| | Upon subsequentPCSto aPDSto which transportation of dependents is authorized (par. U5222-D4), entitlement to station allowances under this paragraph terminates as provided in par. U9101-B and U9151-B | 
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| | G.� Payment of Allowances to Member at Dependent Restricted Tour or Unaccompanied Tour Station. | 
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| | During the period a member is entitled to station allowances under this paragraph, the member also is entitled to station allowances, if any, prescribed for a member without dependents at the newPDS. | 
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| | U9302 MEMBERS ASSIGNEDPCSAS OBSERVERS TO ANY UNITED NATIONS (UN) PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION� | 
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| | Members assignedPCSas observers to anyUNPeacekeeping Organization, who are in receipt ofUNmission subsistence allowance (mission per diem), are entitled to station allowances under this Chapter only to the extent that the station allowances paid when added to theUNmission subsistence allowance don't exceed the station allowance entitlement of a member permanently assigned to other than aUNPeacekeeping Organization in the same area.� In no event will theUNmission subsistence allowance be reduced.� For members assignedTDYas observers to anyUNPeacekeeping Organization, see par.U7125-F. | 
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| | U9303 STATION ALLOWANCES ENTITLEMENT WHEN BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE MEMBERS� | 
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| | A.� When Separate Households are Maintained. | 
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| | When both husband and wife are members and separate households are maintained at or in the vicinity of theirOCONUSPDSorPDSs, each is individually entitled to station allowances in their own right as a member with or without dependents, as applicable, based on whether the member concerned has a dependent at or in the vicinity of the overseasPDS.� ForCOLAentitlement for member married to member E-5 and below serving on sea duty, see par. U9100-E1a(10).� In no case shall a spouse who also is� a member on active duty be a dependent for entitlement purposes in this Part..������������ | 
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| | B.� Cost-of-Living Allowance When Joint Household Maintained. | 
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| | When both husband and wife are members and a joint household is maintained at or in the vicinity of theirOCONUSPDS, only one member is entitled toCOLAat the with dependent rate based on the presence of a dependent(s), while the other member is entitled toCOLAat the without dependent rate, except when both members are receivingBAQat the with dependent rate and one or bothBAQs are based on a dependent parent residing with the member(s).� In no case shall a spouse who also is a member on active duty be considered a dependent for entitlement purposes. | 
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| | U9304 STATION ALLOWANCES INCIDENT TO EVACUATION OF MEMBER'SPDS� | 
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| | 1.� Overseas Housing Allowance. | 
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| | A member, whose dependents are evacuated and who was entitled toOHAat the with dependents rate on the date of such evacuation, is entitled to continue to be paid such allowances while the member'sPDSremains unchanged, provided the following conditions exist: | 
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| | a. early return of the dependents to the vicinity of the member'sPDSis anticipated; | 
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| | b. the member continues to maintain family-type quarters at personal expense during the absence of the dependents; and c. the period for which such payment is made doesn't exceed 6 months. | 
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| | Commanding officers shall review each case on its own merits; they shall encourage members to terminate their family-type quarters when it becomes apparent that dependents won't return. | 
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| | 2.� Cost-of-Living Allowance. | 
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| | COLA at the with dependents rate will be terminated effective on the date the dependents depart incident to the evacuation.� Thereafter, until return of the dependents to the member'sPDS, the member is without dependents for the purpose ofCOLA. | 
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| | 3.� Station Allowances at Designated Place.� | 
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| | A member is entitled to station allowances as indicated below at the with dependents rate for the location of the designated place beginning the day after per diem terminates when: | 
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| | a.command-sponsored dependents are evacuated fromOCONUSor dependents are evacuated fromCONUS, and they� | 
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| | b.reside at an authorized/approved designated place� | 
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| | 1.outside the United States (OHAandCOLA), or��� | 
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| | 2.in Alaska or Hawaii (COLAonly). | 
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| | See subpar.U9100-C2forCOLA/OHAtermination. | 
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| | B.� Members Without Dependents | 
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| | 1.� Overseas Housing Allowances. | 
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| | A member without dependents, who was entitled toOHAat thePDSon the date an evacuation is ordered or authorized and who continues to maintain commercial bachelor quarters, will continue to be entitled to such allowances even though the member may temporarily may be required to occupy Government quarters for all or any portion of the period involved.� When the commanding officer believes the member won't be permitted to return to the commercial housing in the foreseeable future, the commander will encourage the member to terminate the commercial housing at the earlist practical date and will terminateOHAconcurrent with the termination of the commercial housing. | 
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| | 2.� Cost-of-Living Allowance andTLA. | 
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| | COLAandTLAfor members without dependents will be paid during the period of an evacuation based on the conditions and circumstances prescribed in pars. U9100 andU9200. | 
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| | U9305 VOUCHERS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS� | 
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| | Regulations governing the preparation of vouchers and supporting documents will be as prescribed by the Service concerned. | 
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