|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�E:��TRANSPORTATION�OF�PRIVATELY�OWNED�VEHICLES�(POV)
        U5445�EXCESS�COST�COLLECTION
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| | U5445EXCESS COST COLLECTION | 
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| | Excess transportation costs, incurred by the Government must be collected (see par. U1010-B8).� This provision is not applicable to POV transportation aboard oceangoing car ferries. | 
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| | U5455POV TRANSPORTATION UNDER UNUSUAL OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES | 
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| | A.� Incident to Unusual or Emergency Circumstances-Official and Personal Situations | 
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| | 1.� Transportation of Dependents from Overseas Authorized.� | 
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| | Orders authorizing transportation of dependents from overseas under par. U5240-B through F also may authorize transportation of one POV to the designated POV unloading port normally serving the place to which dependents are authorized to travel.� Diversion or reconsignment is permitted of a POV en route to the designated OCONUS POV unloading port serving the member�s PDS on the date dependents are authorized to travel (see par. U5240-B through F). | 
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| | 2.� Dependents Don�t Perform Authorized Travel to the OCONUS PDS.� | 
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| | A member with dependents:� | 
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| | a.ordered on PCS to an OCONUS area, and� | 
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| | b.who, in anticipation of the dependents accompanying or joining, ships a POV to the OCONUS area, | 
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| | may be provided advance return transportation of the POV if, for reasons beyond the member's control, the dependents don�t join the member.� The Secretarial Process may authorize/approve the shipment when it�s determined the return shipment is in the best interest of the member/dependents and the United States (65 Comp. Gen. 520, (1986)). | 
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| | 3.� Dependents Currently at an Appropriate Destination - Travel Orders Not Issued.� | 
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| | When dependents have traveled from the member's OCONUS PDS to an appropriate destination under circumstances which would have enabled orders to be issued authorizing their travel (see par. U5240-D), transportation of one POV from the designated POV loading port serving the OCONUS PDS may be authorized/approved if orders later are issued:� | 
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| | a.directing the travel of dependents under the conditions of par. U5240-D, and� | 
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| | b.providing for the transportation of a POV to the designated POV unloading port normally serving the location to which transportation of dependents would have been authorized. | 
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| | Such orders shall be supported by a determination of the member's commanding officer (see guidance in par. U5370-D4). | 
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| | 4.� Transportation of Ex-Family Members Incident to Divorce or Annulment | 
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| | If travel of ex-family members under par. U5240-E is authorized, POV transportation also may be authorized.� The POV must be turned over to a transportation officer within 1 year after the effective date of the final decree of divorce or annulment, whichever applies. | 
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| | 5.� Return of Dependents to OCONUS Areas Authorized.� | 
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| | Even if dependents are permitted to return to the OCONUS PDS at Government expense (see par. U5240-B, C, or F), return shipment of a POV to the OCONUS PDS isn�t authorized. | 
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| | 6.� Entitlement on Next PCS. | 
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| | A member who has transported a POV under subpars. 1 through 4 has no further POV transportation entitlement from� the last or any previous OCONUS PDS to CONUS. | 
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| | 7.� Disciplinary Action Taken Against Member Stationed OCONUS, or a Member Discharged Under Other than Honorable Conditions or Sentenced to Confinement with or without Discharge When No Dependent Travel Is Involved from OCONUS.� | 
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| | A member whose PDS is OCONUS, and who isn�t entitled to transportation of a POV in connection with advance return of dependents because dependents aren�t returned to CONUS under par. U5240-D2, item h (that is, the member has no dependents, dependents returned at personal expense without orders, dependents aren�t returning to CONUS, etc.), is entitled to, and orders may be issued providing for, transportation of a POV to the designated POV unloading port serving the member's HOR or PLEAD when the conditions in par. U5240-D2, item h, apply. | 
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| | B.� Member Reassigned from OCONUS PDS to Which Dependent Travel Is Authorized to an OCONUS PDS to Which Travel of Dependents Isn�t Authorized Before the POV Is Transported from a CONUS Port.� | 
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| | When a member, on PCS from a CONUS PDS to an OCONUS PDS to which transportation of a POV is authorized, has:� | 
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| | 1.delivered a POV to a designated CONUS POV loading port for transportation to the OCONUS PDS, and� | 
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| | 2.after reporting for duty at that PDS, but before the POV is shipped from CONUS, is reassigned on PCS to another OCONUS PDS to which transportation of a POV isn�t authorized,� | 
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| | transportation is authorized to the CONUS POV unloading port normally serving the designated place in CONUS. | 
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| | C.� Incident to Alert Notice.� | 
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| | A member entitled to transportation of dependents under par. U5240-H is entitled to transportation of a POV under par. U5410-B. | 
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| | D.� Evacuation of PDS.� See pars. U6008 and U6057. | 
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| | E.� Member Officially Reported as Dead, Injured, Ill, Absent for More Than 29 Days in a Missing Status, or Upon Death | 
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| | 1.� General.� | 
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| | When a member on active duty is officially reported as dead, injured, ill, or absent for a period of more than 29 days in a missing status, the member's POV may be shipped at Government expense (including required overland transportation) to the member's HOR; to the residence of dependents, next of kin, or other person entitled to receive custody of personal effects; or to such other place as determined in accordance with Service regulations. | 
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| | 2.� POV Transported by Other Than the Government.� | 
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| | In lieu of having the POV transported by the Government at Government expense, the member, the dependent, next of kin, any other person entitled to receive custody of the POV, or someone designated by one of these may:� | 
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| | a.drive the vehicle to the authorized destination (in which case reimbursement of necessary expenses such as fuel; oil; parking fees; ferry fares; and road, bridge, and tunnel tolls is authorized); or� | 
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| | b.arrange transportation of� the POV and receive reimbursement. | 
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| | In either case, the total reimbursement shall not exceed the cost that would have been incurred had the vehicle been transported and/or stored at Government expense.� See Service claims regulations for Government liability when the vehicle is driven.� If a member is reported injured or ill, the allowances provided by this subparagraph are authorized only when the anticipated period of hospitalization or treatment is expected to be of prolonged duration as shown by a statement accepted by the Service concerned as being from competent authority at the receiving hospital.� Reimbursement in such cases is limited to the cost of overwater and overland transportation between the points:� | 
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| | a.the vehicle was transported; or� | 
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| | b.shipment at Government expense would have been authorized,� | 
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| | whichever is less. | 
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| | 3.Storage | 
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| | a.� Nontemporary Storage.� | 
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| | If the person entitled to receive custody of the POV:� | 
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| | (1)isn�t known;� | 
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| | (2)is subject to litigation; or� | 
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| | (3)if known hasn�t yet been located and notified to take custody of the POV,� | 
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| | the POV may be stored at Government expense until such time as proper disposition can be made. | 
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| | b.� Temporary Storage.� | 
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| | Temporary storage of a POV may be authorized/approved (using the provisions of par. U5375) provided the POV is turned over for shipment within the time limits in par. U5372-B3.� Temporary storage in excess of 180 days in such cases is at the expense of the person for whom the shipment is being made. | 
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| | 4.� Additional Moves | 
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| | a.� Change in Status.� | 
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| | A POV transported under subpar. 1 may again be moved under that subparagraph when official notice is received that the member's status has changed from one to another of those listed in subpar. 1. | 
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| | b.� No Change in Status-Member Reported as Missing for More Than 1 Year.� | 
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| | A POV transported under subpar. 1 may again be transported under subpar. 1 when the member has been officially reported as absent for a period of more than 1 year in a missing status and the Secretarial Process determines that the circumstances in the individual case justify an additional move. | 
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| | U5456TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT TO DIVORCE | 
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| | When a member has a POV shipping entitlement under PCS orders, and a POV has been legally awarded to the member's ex-spouse incident to their divorce, the member may have one final shipment of that POV to a destination in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Part.� This applies to those cases not coming under par. U5455-A, and is subject to the member's written request and agreement to pay any excess costs involved (61 Comp. Gen. 180 (1981)).� Transportation under this paragraph exhausts the entitlement for transportation of a POV under the member's PCS orders. | 
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| | U5457TIME LIMITATION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF A POV | 
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