|CHAPTER�3�-�TRANSPORTATION,�ACCOMPANIED�BAGGAGE,��AND�LOCAL�TRAVEL
    PART�B:��TRAVEL�BY�COMMON�CARRIER
        U3135��TRAIN�TRANSPORTATION
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| | U3135� TRAIN TRANSPORTATION | 
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| | A.� Policy.� | 
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| | Except as noted in this paragraph, members who travel by train must use coach-class accommodations.� When adequate reserved coach accommodations are available, order-issuing officials shall require that those accommodations be used to the maximum extent possible.� For overnight travel, members shall use slumber coach sleeping accommodations, or the lowest class of sleeping accommodations available on a train that doesn't offer slumber coach accommodations. | 
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| | B.� First-Class Train Accommodations Use | 
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| | 1.Authorization/Approval.� | 
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| | Under the circumstances specified in subpar. C, the transportation officer may authorize/approve the first-class train accommodations use except for travel using Coast Guard funds.� The Commandant/Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard must authorize/approve first-class accommodations use. | 
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| | 2.� Requirements.� | 
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| | Authorization for first-class train accommodations use should be made in advance of the travel unless extenuating circumstances or emergency situations make authorization impossible. In these cases, the member must request written approval from the appropriate authority as soon as possible after the travel. | 
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| | C.� Circumstances.� | 
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| | First-class accommodations may be authorized/approved only when: | 
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| | 1.advantageous to the Government and no coach-class train accommodations are reasonably available.� For the purpose of this paragraph, reasonably available means available and scheduled to leave within 24 hours of the member's proposed departure time, or scheduled to arrive within 24 hours of the member's proposed arrival time.� In the case of a direct route that requires overnight travel, reasonably available means slumber coach sleeping accommodations are available.� Accommodations with a scheduled arrival time later than the member's required reporting time at the duty site, or with scheduled departure time earlier than the time the member is scheduled to complete duty aren't reasonably available. | 
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| | 2.necessary to accommodate a member's/dependent's disability or other physical impairment, and the condition is substantiated in writing by competent medical authority. First-class accommodations use also may be authorized/ approved for an attendant authorized under pars.U7250-DandU7251-Bto accompany the attended traveler when the attended traveler is authorized first-class accommodations use and requires the attendant's assistance en route. | 
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| | 3.there are exceptional security requirements. Examples are: | 
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| | a.a member whose coach-class accommodations use would entail danger to the member's life or Government property,� | 
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| | b.agents of protective details accompanying individuals authorized to use first-class accommodations, and��� | 
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| | c.couriers and control officers accompanying controlled pouches or packages. | 
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| | 4.coach-class accommodations on a foreign rail carrier don't provide adequate sanitation or meet health standards. | 
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| | D.� Extra-Fare Train Service.� | 
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| | Coach-class travel by extra-fare trains may be authorized/approved when its use is advantageous to the Government or is required for security reasons.� AMTRAK Metroliner coach accommodations use is advantageous to the Government.� Metroliner Club Service is first-class accommodations.� First-class accommodations on extra-fare trains may be authorized/approved as provided in subpar. C. | 
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| | E.� Tips to Train Attendants.� | 
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| | For a member who performsTDYtravel and receives reimbursement (except a mileage allowance for the entire journey), tips of up to $1 each calendar day to train attendants are reimbursable. | 
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| | U3140� UNUSED GOVERNMENT-PROCURED TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTS AND TICKETS | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | Members who return unused Government-procured transportation documents, complete tickets, or unused portions of tickets obtained on these documents are entitled to travel and transportation allowances under this Chapter and Chapters 4 and 5 if otherwise authorized. | 
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| | B.� Cost to the Government Involved.� | 
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| | When cost to the Government is involved, the cost for any sleeping or parlor car accommodations furnished and used, or the cost of shipping baggage on tickets without passenger shall be deducted from the amount otherwise payable to the member in subpar. A for the travel involved. | 
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| | PART C:� TRAVEL BY GOVERNMENT CONVEYANCE | 
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| | U3200� GOVERNMENT CONVEYANCE USE ON TDY | 
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| | A.� Limited to Official Purposes.� | 
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| | Travelers may use a Government conveyance only for official purposes.� This includes transportation to and from duty sites and lodgings and when public transportation isn't available or its use is impracticable to and from dining facilities, drugstores, barber shops, places of worship, cleaning establishments, and similar places required for the traveler's subsistence, comfort or health. | 
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| | B.� Reimbursable Expenses.� | 
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| | Reimbursement is authorized for allowable expenses incurred in operating a Government conveyance (other than an Aero Club aircraft) onTDYtravel between two points which are a separate journey.� When Government supplies or facilities aren't available, examples of allowable expenses are: | 
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| | 1.� gasoline and oil;� | 
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| | 2.� parking fees;� | 
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| | 3.� repairs;� | 
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| | 4.� ferry fares;� | 
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| | 5.� bridge, road or tunnel tolls;� | 
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| | 6.� trip insurance for travel in foreign countries (par.U4520, item 6); | 
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| | 7.� guards; and� | 
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| | 8.� storage fees. | 
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| | C.� Allowable Travel Time for Computation of Per Diem or Actual Expenses.� | 
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| | WhenTDYtravel is directed and performed by Government conveyance, allowable travel time shall be computed under par.U4310. | 
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| | D.� PCS Travel by Government Conveyance.� | 
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| | See par.U5108-A. | 
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| | U3210� AERO CLUB AIRCRAFT USE ON TDY | 
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| | The use of Aero Club owned or Government loaned aircraft doesn't take precedence over normal Government conveyance.� When the use of these aircraft is authorized/approved, reimbursement is limited to the lesser of the actual necessary expenses or the Government's cost for commercial transportation.� When travel together by two or more travelers in Aero Club aircraft is authorized/approved, reimbursement to the operator (pilot) shall be the lesser of actual necessary expenses or the total commercial transportation costs to the Government for the pilot and accompanying passengers.� The accompanying passengers shall receive no payment for transportation in the Aero Club aircraft.� Necessary expenses incurred include: | 
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| | 1. the hourly fee imposed by the Aero Club,� | 
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| | 2.fuel charges if not reimbursable by the Aero Club, and� | 
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| | 3.landing and tie-down fees (includes hangar in severe weather). | 
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| | Authorization for travel by Aero Club aircraft must be in accordance with Service regulations. | 
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| | B.� Allowable Travel Time for Computation of Per Diem or Actual Expenses.� | 
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| | When travel orders don't direct travel by a specific transportation mode and the member travels by Aero Club aircraft, allowable travel time shall be the actual travel time, including necessary delays, up to the time allowed if commercial transportation had been used. | 
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| | PART D:� TRAVEL BY PRIVATELY OWNED CONVEYANCE��� | 
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| | U3300� RULES ON POC USE ON TDY | 
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| | Service policy is to authorize/approve (as distinguished from permit)POCtravel if acceptable to the member and advantageous to the Government, based on the facts in each case. | 
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| | B.Authorization/Approval.� | 
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| | The order-issuing official should authorize/approvePOCtravel only if it's advantageous to the Government when compared to travel by Government conveyance or commercial carrier, and not solely for member convenience.�POCuse may be advantageous to the Government when, for example: | 
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| | 1.its use is more efficient, or economical, or results in a more expeditiously accomplished mission;� | 
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