|CHAPTER�6�-�EVACUATION�ALLOWANCES
    PART�A:�AUTHORIZED�OR�ORDERED�MOVEMENT�OUTSIDE�THE�CONTINENTAL�UNITED�STATES�(CONUS)
        U6013�ADVANCE�OF�FUNDS
            A.��Advance�Payment�of�Per�Diem,�Travel�and�Transportation�Allowances.
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| | A.� Advance Payment of Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowances. | 
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| | The per diem and travel and transportation allowances prescribed in this Part may be paid in advance when orders are issued for the dependents' (or escorts') travel from the evacuation area.� An advance of per diem allowances authorized under par. U6005 may not exceed the estimated entitlement for 30 days at the safe haven or designated place, as applicable.� Travel advances (see par. U1010-B4) shall be issued solely to provide sufficient funds to cover the necessary expenses the dependents might incur while traveling to and at the safe haven/designated place or which the escort might incur traveling to and from the safe haven/designated place. | 
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| | B.� Advance Payment of DLA. | 
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| | The DLA authorized under par. U6012 may be paid to the dependent designated by the member in advance (see par. U1010-B4) of the dependent(s)' travel to the designated place. | 
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| | C.� Advance of Pay. | 
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| | The advance of pay furnishes evacuated dependents with funds to cover the cost of travel, food, and other needs.� The amount of the advance may be designated by the member, not to exceed 2-month's basic pay.� It is payable in advance to the dependents in one or more installments.� The Service Secretaries may waive recovery of not more than 1-month's basic pay advanced thereunder when such recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest.� For entitlement details, see the DOD 7000.14-R "Military Pay, Policy, and Procedures," Volume 7, Part A (DoD Military Pay and Allowances Entitlements (DoDFMR, Vol. 7A)), or the COMDTINST M7220.29 (series), U.S. Coast Guard Pay Manual" (for Coast Guard personnel) and for implementing procedures, the Service pay and allowances manual, as appropriate. | 
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| | U6014 CONUS COLA | 
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| | For entitlement to CONUS COLA during an evacuation, see par.U8014. | 
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| | PART B: AUTHORIZED OR ORDERED MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES (CONUS) | 
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| | U6050 GENERAL INFORMATION� | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | An evacuation or limited evacuation, as defined in pars. U6051-C and D, must be caused by unusual or emergency circumstances (such as war, riots, civil uprising or unrest, adverse political conditions, national or natural disasters, epidemics, or similar conditions of comparable magnitude).� See pars. U6053-I (Transportation), U6054-D1 (Per Diem) for allowances applicable to an authorized or ordered limited evacuation.� The evacuation and limited evacuation applies to: | 
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| | 1. dependents who, at the time the evacuation is authorized/ordered, are residing at (or in the vicinity of) the member's PDS; | 
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| | 2. dependents who are en route to the member's PDS (or the vicinity of the member's PDS) to establish a residence with the member; | 
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| | 3. a dependent who resides at or in the vicinity of a former duty station of the member following the assignment of the member elsewhere or who resides at or in the vicinity of a duty station (other than the duty station of the member) incident to orders in connection with an unaccompanied tour of duty of the member, if a departure of dependents is authorized/ordered by competent authority from the duty station at which or in the vicinity of which the dependent resides and the dependent actually moves to an authorized safe haven designated by that authority; and, | 
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| | 4. dependents of a member assigned to a PDS in CONUS who dies before the dependents are evacuated from the PDS or while the dependents are in an evacuation status from there. | 
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| | When a member whose dependent(s) are receiving evacuation allowances dies, the evacuation allowances will continue for the dependent(s) in the same manner as if the member hadn't died.� | 
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| | NOTE:Title 37 U.S.C. 405a, the statute pertaining to evacuation of dependents, doesn't apply to uniformed members.� Uniformed members who are ordered to depart an area being evacuated must be either in a TDY or PCS status. | 
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| | B.� Funding. | 
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| | The Joint Plan for DOD Noncombatant Repatriation contains the fund cites chargeable for evacuation allowances for dependents of members of each of the DOD Services. Questions relating to fund cites should be addressed to the proponent of the Joint Plan: HQDA, ODCSPER, ATTN: DAPE-PRO, 300 Army Pentagon, Washington,� DC� 20310-0300; telefax numbers: DSN 223-2708� or COML (703) 693-2708 for unclassified material;� phone DSN 227-2186, COML (703) 697-2186. | 
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| | C.� To Whom Payments of Evacuation Allowances May Be Made. | 
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| | The allowances authorized by this Part may be paid to the following individuals: | 
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| | 1. the member's evacuated dependent spouse,� | 
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| | 2. any dependent at least 18 years of age or older if at a different location than the spouse or when there is no spouse present,� | 
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| | 3. the member (as the natural guardian) for dependents who are under 18 years old, or | 
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| | 4. the member's dependent spouse, any dependent at least 18 years of age or the member (as the natural guardian) under the circumstances described in par. U6050-A, item 3. | 
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| | D.� When Payments of Allowances May Be Made. | 
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| | Allowances authorized in this Part may be paid beginning on the date one of the officials described in par. U6051-A orders an evacuation. | 
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| | U6051 DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THIS PART | 
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| | A.� Designated Place.� | 
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| | As used in this Part, a designated place is a location selected by evacuated dependents as a permanent residence when competent authority determines that they may not return to the PDS, if at all.� Dependents transported to a designated place must establish a permanent residence there as soon as practicable. | 
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| | B.� Authorizing or Ordering an� Evacuation or� Limited� Evacuation. | 
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| | The following officials are responsible for authorizing or ordering an evacuation or limited evacuation of the dependents of uniformed service personnel from any CONUS location: | 
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| | 1. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designated representative (USD (P&R) DSN 225-0711, Comm (703) 695-0711), for the dependents of DOD components, including the Coast Guard when operating under the Department of the Navy by agreement with the Secretary of Transportation: | 
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| | 2. The Secretary of Transportation, or the Secretary's designated representative (Commandant (G-WP) Comm (202) 267-1652), for the dependents of Coast Guard personnel; | 
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| | 3. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary's designated representative, for the dependents of Public Health Service personnel; | 
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| | 4. The Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary's designated representative, for the dependents of NOAA personnel; | 
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| | 5. The Secretary of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, or the Secretary's designated representative, for the dependents of members of their respective Services (including the Coast Guard when operating under the Department of the Navy by agreement with the Secretary of Transportation); | 
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| | 6. The head of a� DOD� component� (see definition in Appendix A) or designated representative; | 
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| | 7. The commander of a U.S. installation (see definition in Appendix A) or Coast Guard District Commander (for the dependents of Coast Guard personnel) or designated representative; and | 
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| | 8. The commander, director, head, chief or supervisor of an organization or office. | 
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| | C.� Evacuated Dependent. | 
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| | A dependent (as defined in Appendix A) who: | 
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| | 1. at the time of the evacuation, is residing at the member's PDS or in its vicinity; | 
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| | 2. is temporarily absent from the member's PDS or its vicinity; | 
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| | 3. is en route to the member's PDS or its vicinity for the purpose of establishing a residence with the member; or | 
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| | 4. resides at or in the vicinity of a former duty station of the member following the assignment of the member elsewhere or who resides at or in the vicinity of a duty station (other than the duty station of the member) incident to orders in connection with an unaccompanied tour of duty of the member, if a departure of dependents is authorized/ordered by competent authority from the duty station at which or in the vicinity of which the dependent resides and the dependent actually moves to an authorized safe haven designated by that authority. | 
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| | D.� Evacuation. | 
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| | The authorized/ordered movement of dependents from a specific area in CONUS, when authorized or ordered by the appropriate authority indicated in subpar. A.� Evacuation refers to movement or departure from one area to another (both areas may be in the same city or each may be in a different city). | 
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| | E.� Limited Evacuation. | 
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| | The ordered movement of members' dependents from their residences in CONUS to the nearest available accommodations (which may be government quarters), when authorized or ordered by the appropriate authority indicated in subpar. A.� | 
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| | F.� Safe Haven | 
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| | 1.� When Evacuation is Authorized or Ordered. | 
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| | A location within or outside the United States named in the evacuation order, or subsequent modification to that order, to which dependents are directed to relocate on a temporary basis to await a decision by competent authority to either return to the CONUS PDS or proceed to a designated place.� If CONUS is named in the evacuation order as the safe haven, evacuees must select the exact safe haven location within the CONUS safe haven to which they shall travel at Government expense. | 
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| | 2.� When Limited Evacuation is Authorized or Ordered. | 
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| | The nearest available accommodations (which may be Government quarters), determined to be suitable by the appropriate authority indicated in subpar. A who authorized or ordered the limited evacuation, where dependents are directed to relocate on a temporary basis to await a decision by competent authority to return to their residences. | 
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| | U6052 RESPONSIBILITIES� | 
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| | A.� Authorizing or Ordering an Evacuation or Limited Evacuation. | 
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| | The decision to evacuate dependents from an area rests with the individuals designated in par. U6051-A.� | 
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| | B.� Evacuation to Safe Haven or Designated Place. | 
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