|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�B:��MEMBER�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION�AND�SUBSISTENCE
        U5165�ADVANCE�OF�FUNDS
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| | U5165ADVANCE OF FUNDS | 
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| | Travel and transportation allowances prescribed for members may be paid in advance (see par. U1010-B4).� Members failing to complete at least 90 percent of their initial prescribed service periods (par. U5125-A5) and members discharged under other than honorable conditions (par. U5125-C), may be advanced only an amount equal to 75 percent of the least costly available common carrier transportation mode. | 
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| | PART C:� DEPENDENT ALLOWANCES FOR TRANSPORTATION | 
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| | U5200� PURPOSE | 
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| | This Part prescribes dependents� travel and transportation allowances incident to a PCS move and under unusual or emergency circumstances. Chapter 7 includes dependents� travel and transportation allowances in other special circumstances. | 
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| | U5203� BASIC ENTITLEMENTS | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | Members are entitled to dependents� PCS travel and transportation allowances (except as indicated in subpar. B) for travel between points authorized in this Volume.� Unless otherwise specified in this Part, the entitlement conditions in Part B apply.� Except for travel by mixed modes under par. U5105-E, dependents� PCS travel and transportation allowances are: | 
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| | 1.transportation-in-kind or Government-procured transportation (see par. U5105-D) plus per diem (see par. U5210); or | 
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| | 2.reimbursement for common carrier transportation procured at personal expense (see par. U5105-C) plus per diem (see par. U5210); or | 
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| | 3.MALT (see par. U5105-B) for POC travel, plus per diem (see par. U5210) for the number of days required for travel between authorized points, up to the allowable travel time computed under par. U5160. | 
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| | POCuse for PCS travel, other than transoceanic, is advantageous to the Government.� If a member elects not to move dependents when authorized, dependents� travel and transportation allowances for still-eligible dependents are payable incident to a subsequent PCS up to the greater of the distance to the new PDS from the: | 
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| | 1.HOR, PLEAD, designated place, or PDS from which the member elected not to move dependents; or | 
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| | 2.last PDS. | 
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| | Any interim changes of station, for which a member didn't claim dependents� travel and transportation allowances, are ignored. | 
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| | B.� When Dependents� Travel and Transportation Allowances Aren�t Payable.� | 
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| | Members aren�t entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances: | 
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| | 1.When a member is: | 
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| | a.a cadet or midshipman; | 
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| | b.assigned to a school or installation as a student, if the course of instruction is to be of less than 20 weeks duration (except as noted in par. U2145-D); | 
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| | c.an enlisted member of a Reserve component called (or ordered) to IADT for less than 6 months; | 
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| | d.called (or ordered) to active duty (including active duty for training) for less than 20 weeks (except as noted in par. U2145-D), or active duty for training for 20 or more weeks when the active duty is at more than one location, but less than 20 weeks (except as noted in par. U2145-D) at any one location; or | 
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| | 2.When a dependent: | 
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| | a.is a member on active duty on the effective date of the orders (see par. U5215-I for travel and transportation allowance entitlements when a spouse is no longer on active duty); | 
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| | b.travels at personal expense before PCS orders are issued or before official notice is received that such orders are to be issued (see subpar. C) (transportation in kind, including Government-procured transportation , shall not be furnished before PCS orders are issued); | 
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| | c.isn�t a dependent on the effective date of the PCS order (see Appendix A) (entitlement to allowances in pars. U5215-I and U5240-K is unaffected); | 
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| | d.receives any other type of Government travel allowances for this travel; | 
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| | e.is a member�s or spouse�s parent, stepparent, or person in loco parentis as set forth in Appendix A, definition of Dependent item 8, who doesn't reside in the member's household, unless otherwise authorized/approved through the Secretarial Process; or | 
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| | f.is a dependent child who isn�t under the member�s legal custody and control on the effective date of PCS orders (B-131142, June 3, 1957) (see par. U5215-J for travel entitlement when legal custody and/or control changes after the effective date of PCS orders); | 
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| | 3.For dependents� travel: | 
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| | a.any portion of a journey they are transported by a foreign registered vessel or airplane, if U.S. registered vessels or U.S. flag air carriers are available for the usually traveled route (however, per diem is payable); | 
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| | b.between points otherwise authorized in this Part to a place at which they don't intend to establish a permanent residence (including pleasure trips). For PCS travel of a student (see definition in par. U5243-C2c), the permanent residence of the student not living with the member while at school is the member�s PDS, or the designated place of the member's dependents if they aren't authorized to reside with the member); | 
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| | c.when transportation is made available (whether used or not) to a member for the dependents by a foreign government, at no cost to the United States or the member, under a contract or agreement with the United States (however, per diem is payable); | 
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| | d.for transoceanic or OCONUS land transportation when the member is without dependents as defined in par. U9000-B, items 3 and 4 (unless a member is assigned to a COT and is to serve an accompanied tour at the new PDS--see par. U5222-F2, F4, and G); | 
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| | e.to an OCONUS PDS when a member's unexpired term of service is less than the prescribed OCONUS tour, unless the member voluntarily extends the term of service to permit completion of the prescribed tour or the Secretary concerned grants an exception to the normal OCONUS tour on an individual case basis; | 
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| | f.to an OCONUS PDS when the dependents aren't command sponsored prior to travel commencement or when the member has less than 12 months remaining on the OCONUS tour after the dependents are scheduled to arrive, unless specifically exempt under pars. U5222-B and E; | 
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| | g.to CONUS when the presence of the dependents at the OCONUS PDS wasn't authorized/approved by the appropriate OCONUS military commander; | 
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| | h.to a TDY station (when a member is assigned to indeterminate TDY, see par. U4605); | 
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| | i.when the member is:� in an AWOL status; a deserter or straggler; dropped or dismissed; transferred as a prisoner to a place of detention; transferred to a different location to await trial by court-martial; or in confinement, except as provided in pars. U5240-D2, item h; or U5240-J1 or J2. | 
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| | C.� Travel Before Orders Issued.� | 
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| | A member entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances is authorized the entitlements in subpar. A for dependents� travel performed during the period before PCS orders are issued and after the member is advised that such orders will be issued.� General information furnished to the member concerning orders issuance before the determination is made to actually issue the orders (such as time of eventual release from active duty, time of expiration of term of service, date of retirement eligibility, and expected rotation date from OCONUS duty) isn�t advice that the orders are to be issued (52 Comp. Gen. 769 (1973)).� Vouchers must be supported by statements by the PCS orders-issuing official or a designated representative, that the member was advised in accordance with the requirements of this subparagraph.� This subparagraph doesn't apply to the travel contemplated in pars. U5240 and U6004. | 
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| | U5205� TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS | 
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| | A.� Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation (MALT) | 
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| | 1.� General.� | 
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| | A member entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances under par. U5203 is authorized MALT at the rates provided in par. U5105-B1 for dependent travel by POC (exclusive of transoceanic travel).� Except as provided in subpar. 2, the MALT rates authorized for dependents� travel are for the use of one or two POCs.� MALT payment doesn't affect entitlement to transportation-in-kind for other dependents not taken into account in computing the amount of authorized MALT. | 
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| | 2. Use of More Than Two POCs.� | 
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| | Reimbursement for the use of more than two POCs within the same household for PCS travel may be authorized/approved as advantageous to the Government if (NOTE: "family members" or "dependents" in the following subparagraphs includes only those traveling by POC): | 
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| | a.more than eight family members travel together by POC, including the member; | 
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| | b.because of age or physical condition, a dependent needs special accommodations in one vehicle and second and third vehicles are required for other family members; | 
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| | c.a member must report to a new duty station in advance of travel by dependents who delay travel for acceptable reasons (such as school term completion, property sale, settlement of personal business affairs, HHG transportation, non-availability of adequate housing at the new duty station) and five or more dependents travel by POC later; | 
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| | d.five or more dependents travel unaccompanied by POC between authorized points other than those for the member's travel (such as travel to a designated place or to the new PDS when member has TDY en route); | 
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| | e.five or more dependents travel unaccompanied to the new duty station in advance of the member's reporting date for acceptable reasons (such as to enroll children in school at the beginning of the term); or, | 
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| | f.special circumstances (as determined through the Secretarial Process) not included in a through e exist, such as travel over the ALCAN Highway, where extra spare tires, parts and tools must be carried. | 
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| | When the use of more than two POCs is authorized/approved, the prescribed MALT applies for each POC.� The same POC may be used for more than one trip between the old and new PDSs if the member and/or a dependent drives it to the new PDS, and then returns it to the old PDS, at no expense to the Government, for the purpose of driving other dependent(s) and/or member to the new PDS.� Under these circumstances, the prescribed MALT applies except that the MALT rate is to be determined on the basis of the number of dependents and the member, if appropriate, who didn't travel by POC on the first trip.� The applicable conditions in items a through e must be shown in the travel order or indicated by specific approval on the travel voucher. | 
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| | B.� Transoceanic Travel | 
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| | 1.Transportation Mode.� | 
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| | Air travel is the normal transportation mode for dependents to, from, or between OCONUS areas except for travel between CONUS and Newfoundland, Canada.� Maximum use should be made of Government air transportation.� However, dependents aren�t required to use Government air transportation.� When dependents agree to use Government air transportation, they shall not be required to use other than regularly scheduled transport type aircraft ordinarily used for passenger service.� When appropriate Government air transportation is available, and travel by aircraft is not medically inadvisable but a dependent elects to travel at personal expense, reimbursement is in accordance with par. U5116-D1. | 
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| | 2.Air Travel Medically Inadvisable.� | 
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| | When air travel is medically inadvisable for family member, the family shall not be separated unless it agrees to be.� When air travel is medically inadvisable, surface transportation provided shall be the least costly first-class passenger accommodations on a commercial ship.� See par. U3130-D concerning the requirement to use vessels of U.S. registry.� The provisions in par. U5116-D1 for directing a member to use Government transportation or Government-procured transportation don't apply when a medical condition prevents a family member�s travel by aircraft. | 
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| | 3. Travel by Oceangoing Car Ferries.� | 
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