|CHAPTER��4�-�EMPLOYEE�TRAVEL
    PART�C:��PERMANENT�CHANGE�OF�STATION�(PCS)�TRAVEL
        C4103���MOVEMENT�TO�AND�WITHIN�CONUS
            B.��Requirements�and�Entitlements.
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| | B.� Requirements and Entitlements. | 
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| | 1.� Agreements or Service Requirements. | 
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| | In connection with transfer of employees to and within CONUS, expenses for travel, transportation, moving and storage of HHG, and allowances as provided in this Volume shall not be authorized unless and until the employee concerned agrees in writing to remain in the Government service for 12 months following the date of reporting for duty at the new PDS, unless separated for reasons beyond control which are acceptable to the agency concerned.� A signed agreement for 12 months shall be required in connection with each PCS within CONUS.� In case of agreement violation, including failure to effect the transfer, any moneys expended by the United States for such travel, transportation, moving and storage of HHG, and allowances shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due to the United States. | 
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| | 2.� Issuance of Travel Orders. | 
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| | Travel order issuance is covered in Chapter 3. | 
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| | 3.� Funds Chargeable. | 
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| | For funds from which travel and transportation expenses are payable, see par.C1052-B. | 
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| | C4104� MOVEMENT FROM CONUS TO AN OVERSEAS ACTIVITY | 
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| | A.� General. | 
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| | Under the eligibility conditions in par.C4100, movement is allowed at Government expense for employees who are moved from a PDS in CONUS to an overseas PDS. | 
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| | B.� Agreement Requirements. | 
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| | The expenses of travel, transportation, moving and storage of HHG, and applicable allowances as provided in this Volume in connection with the transfer or appointment of employees to OCONUS posts of duty shall not be allowed unless and until the employee selected for such transfer or appointment agrees in writing to remain in the Government service for a specific period following the reporting date at the new duty station, unless separated for reasons beyond control which are acceptable to the agency concerned.� In case of violation of such agreement, including failure to effect the transfer, any moneys expended by the United States for such travel, transportation, moving and storage of HHG, and allowances shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt due the United States. | 
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| | C.� Entitlements and Allowances. | 
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| | Transportation entitlement and allowances are from PDS in CONUS to the overseas PDS. | 
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| | D.� Issuance of Travel Orders. | 
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| | Travel order issuance is covered in Chapter 3. | 
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| | E.� Funds Chargeable. | 
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| | For funds from which travel and transportation expenses are payable, see par.C1052-B. | 
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| | C4105� MOVEMENT BETWEEN OCONUS ACTIVITIES | 
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| | Under the eligibility conditions in par.C4100, movement is allowed at Government expense for employees who are moved from one OCONUS PDS to another OCONUS PDS. | 
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| | B.� Requirements and Entitlements. | 
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| | 1.� Agreement Requirements. | 
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| | Agreement requirements are covered here and in par.C4002.� An employee who isn't serving under an agreement may be moved from one OCONUS activity to another under the same circumstances as those for movements within CONUS.� In this situation, the requirements and entitlements cited in par.C4103-Bare applicable, except that par. C8002 is applicable to HHG transportation.� Movement of an employee serving under an agreement, within and between DOD components, will require negotiation of another agreement as provided in par.C4005-C.� In the latter case, if the employee has completed the prescribed tour of duty at the OCONUS duty station and doesn't wish to return to place of actual residence prior to serving an additional tour of duty, the new agreement includes a statement that the employee waives rights to renewal agreement travel between the completed and the new service period.� If renewal agreement travel is involved between periods of service, see Part D. | 
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| | 2.� Entitlements and Allowances. | 
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| | Transportation entitlement is from the old PDS to the new PDS. | 
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| | 3.� Issuance of Travel Orders. | 
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| | Travel order issuance is covered in Chapter 3. | 
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| | 4.� Funds Chargeable. | 
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| | For funds from which travel and transportation expenses are payable, see par.C1052-B. | 
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| | C4106� SUCCESSIVE PCS ASSIGNMENTS AND DELAYED MOVEMENT OF DEPENDENTS AND/OR HHG TO LAST DUTY STATION | 
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| | A.� Entitlement Limitation. | 
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| | When there are successive PCSs and movement of dependents and/or HHG is delayed until transfer to the last station, movement is allowed by the usual direct route between the first and last official stations, provided the 2-year time limitation under the authorization for the first transfer hasn't expired. If the 2 year time limitation has expired with regard to the transfer from the first duty station, entitlement is limited to that from a subsequent duty station, where the 2-year time limitation hasn't expired, to the last duty station. | 
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| | B.� Funding. | 
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| | 1.� Within Same Department. | 
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| | If all authorized successive PCS transfers involve activities in the same department, cost shall be borne by that department for delayed allowable movement of HHG and/or dependents. | 
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| | 2.� Different Departments Involved. | 
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| | If the transfer is to a last duty station is a different department, that department shall be responsible� to the extent of allowable constructive cost between the activity from which the employee is transferred to the last duty station when there is a delayed movement of HHG and/or dependents from some other duty station under authority issued by a different department.� With regard to such delayed movement, allowable cost difference from the prior duty station shall be borne by the department that issued the unused authority, provided the 2-year time limitation under such authority hasn't expired (B-153732, April 17, 1964). | 
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| | C4107� HOUSE HUNTING TRIP (HHT) | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | A HHT may be authorized on an individual-case basis when an employee has accepted a permanent transfer and the employee's circumstances indicate the need for a HHT.� A HHT may not be authorized to assist the employee in deciding whether to accept the transfer.� Only the employee and/or spouse may travel on a HHT at Government expense.� The allowance for HHT expenses is intended to facilitate and expedite the move from the old PDS to the new PDS and to lower the Government's overall cost for the relocation by reducing the amount of time an employee must occupy temporary quarters.� The allowance for the HHT trip expenses provides the employee and/or spouse a period of time to concentrate on finding a suitable permanent residence at the new PDS and thereby expedites the employee's relocation. | 
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| | B.� Definitions | 
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| | 1.Househunting Trip.� | 
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| | A trip made by the employee and/or spouse to a new PDS locality to find permanent living quarters to rent or purchase. | 
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| | 2.Living Quarters.� | 
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| | Apartments, condominiums, and cooperatives in addition to townhomes and single family homes. | 
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| | C.Eligible Employees.� | 
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| | An employee may be authorized a HHT when: | 
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| | 1.a PCS is authorized;� | 
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| | 2.both old and new PDS are located within the United States;� | 
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| | 3.Government or other prearranged housing isn't assigned at the new PDS; and,� | 
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| | 4.the old and new PDS are 75 or more miles apart (as measured by map distance) via a usually traveled surface route. | 
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| | D.Individuals Ineligible for HHT.� | 
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| | A HHT isn't authorized for: | 
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| | 1.new appointees or their dependents covered under par. C4051;� | 
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| | 2. employees authorized transportation for dependents and/or HHG to or from a training location when the transportation is authorized in lieu of per diem or actual expense allowance while at the training location under the provisions of par. C4502;� | 
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| | 3.children. | 
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| | E.Separate Trips By Employee and Spouse. | 
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| | Only one round trip for househunting may be authorized for the employee and/or spouse in connection with a PCS.� Separate round trips by the employee and spouse may be allowed provided the overall cost to the Government is limited to the cost of one round trip for the employee and spouse traveling together. | 
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