|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 isn't applicable toPOVtransportation aboard oceangoing car ferries. | 
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| | U5455POVTRANSPORTATION 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 onePOVto the designatedPOVunloading port normally serving the place to which dependents are authorized to travel.� Diversion or reconsignment is permitted of aPOVen route to the designatedOCONUSPOVunloading port serving the member�sPDSon 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 theOCONUSPDS.� | 
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| | A member with dependents:� | 
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| | a.ordered onPCSto anOCONUSarea, and� | 
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| | b.who, in anticipation of the dependents accompanying or joining, ships aPOVto theOCONUSarea, | 
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| | may be provided advance return transportation of thePOVif, 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� (B-217447,� April 24, 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'sOCONUSPDSto an appropriate destination under circumstances which would have enabled orders to be issued authorizing their travel (see par. U5240-D), transportation of onePOVfrom the designatedPOVloading port serving theOCONUSPDSmay 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 aPOVto the designatedPOVunloading 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,POVtransportation also may be authorized.� ThePOVmust 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 theOCONUSPDSat Government expense (see par. U5240-B, C, or F), return shipment of aPOVto theOCONUSPDSisn�t authorized. | 
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| | 6.� Entitlement on NextPCS. | 
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| | A member who has transported aPOVunder subpars. 1 through 4 has no furtherPOVtransportation entitlement from� the last or any previousOCONUSPDStoCONUS. | 
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| | 7.� Disciplinary Action Taken Against Member StationedOCONUS, or a Member Discharged Under Other than Honorable Conditions or Sentenced to Confinement with or without Discharge When No Dependent Travel Is Involved fromOCONUS.� | 
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| | A member whosePDSisOCONUS, and who isn�t entitled to transportation of aPOVin connection with advance return of dependents because dependents aren�t returned toCONUSunder par. U5240-D2, item h (that is, the member has no dependents, dependents returned at personal expense without orders, dependents aren�t returning toCONUS, etc.), is entitled to, and orders may be issued providing for, transportation of aPOVto the designatedPOVunloading port serving the member'sHORorPLEADwhen the conditions in par. U5240-D2, item h, apply. | 
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| | B.� Member Reassigned fromOCONUSPDSto Which Dependent Travel Is Authorized to anOCONUSPDSto Which Travel of Dependents Isn�t Authorized Before thePOVIs Transported from aCONUSPort.� | 
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| | When a member, onPCSfrom aCONUSPDSto anOCONUSPDSto which transportation of aPOVis authorized, has:� | 
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| | 1.delivered aPOVto a designatedCONUSPOVloading port for transportation to theOCONUSPDS, and� | 
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| | 2.after reporting for duty at thatPDS, but before thePOVis shipped fromCONUS, is reassigned onPCSto anotherOCONUSPDSto which transportation of aPOVisn�t authorized,� | 
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| | transportation is authorized to theCONUSPOVunloading port normally serving the designated place inCONUS. | 
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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 aPOVunder par. U5410-B. | 
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| | D.� Evacuation ofPDS.� 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'sPOVmay be shipped at Government expense (including required overland transportation) to the member'sHOR; 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.�POVTransported by Other Than the Government.� | 
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| | In lieu of having thePOVtransported by the Government at Government expense, the member, the dependent, next of kin, any other person entitled to receive custody of thePOV, 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� thePOVand 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 thePOV:� | 
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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 thePOV,� | 
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| | thePOVmay 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 aPOVmay be authorized/approved (using the provisions of par. U5375) provided thePOVis 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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| | APOVtransported 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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| | APOVtransported 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 aPOVshipping entitlement underPCSorders, and aPOVhas been legally awarded to the member's ex-spouse incident to their divorce, the member may have one final shipment of thatPOVto 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 aPOVunder the member'sPCSorders. | 
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| | U5457TIME LIMITATION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF APOV | 
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