|CHAPTER�5�-�PERMANENT�DUTY�TRAVEL
    PART�C:��DEPENDENT�ALLOWANCES�FOR�TRANSPORTATION
        U5215��FACTORS�AFFECTING�TRAVEL�OF�DEPENDENTS
            B.��Dependent�Child�Attains�Age�21�or�23�or�Loses�Student�Status�While�Member�Serving�OCONUS.
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| | B.� Dependent Child Attains Age 21 or 23 or Loses Student Status While Member Serving OCONUS.� | 
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| | A member is entitled to travel and transportation allowances for an unmarried dependent child who was transported at Government expense to the member�s OCONUS PDS to: | 
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| | 1.an appropriate location in the United States or its possessions, or, | 
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| | 2.the country of the dependent�s origin if the dependent is a foreign national.� | 
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| | Appropriate destinations are determined through the Secretarial Process. | 
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| | If a member entitled to basic pay dies while on OCONUS duty, a dependent described above is entitled to travel and transportation allowances described in par. U5241-D1. | 
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| | C.� Dependents Acquired on or Before Effective Date of Orders.� | 
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| | Except upon graduation from a Service academy (see par. U5222-A2), a member, who acquires a dependent on or before the effective date of PCS orders, is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the place where the dependent is acquired to the new PDS, up to the entitlement for travel from the old PDS to the new PDS.� Such entitlement is without regard to: | 
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| | 1.whether TDY is directed or performed en route, or | 
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| | 2.the location of the old or new PDS. | 
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| | D.� Effect of Changes in Ages or Dependency Status on Entitlements.� | 
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| | Except as provided in subpar. B, entitlement to dependents� travel and transportation allowances is based on the dependency status on the effective date of the orders (see Appendix A).� If dependency status no longer exists when travel begins no entitlement exists. | 
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| | 1.Changes in Ages.� | 
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| | Entitlement is based on dependents� ages on the date travel begins, provided travel is not delayed for more than 60 days after the effective date of orders.� The following rules govern the amount of per diem to which a member is entitled for dependents� travel as authorized in par. U5210.� When dependents� travel: | 
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| | a.begins on/before the effective date of orders and ends after the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the effective date of orders; | 
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| | b.ends before the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the date travel ends; | 
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| | c.begins within 60 days after the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the date travel begins; or | 
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| | d.begins more than 60 days after the effective date of orders, entitlement is based on ages on the 60th day after the effective date of orders. | 
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| | 2.� Delayed Travel to OCONUS Areas.� | 
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| | When a member is transferred to an OCONUS area under PCS orders and dependent travel is not authorized at that time, entitlement for travel to a designated place (see par. U5222-C) is determined under subpar. 1. Upon subsequent authorization for dependents� travel to the OCONUS PDS, entitlement is based on ages of dependents at that time. | 
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| | 3.� OCONUS Travel.� | 
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| | Entitlement for travel to, from, or between OCONUS stations, is determined separately for each leg of the journey.� For travel from the old PDS to the port of aerial or water embarkation, entitlement is determined under subpars. 1 and 2.� For travel between the ports of aerial or water embarkation and debarkation, entitlement is determined on ages of dependents on the date of embarkation.� For travel from the port of aerial or water debarkation to destination, entitlement is based on the dependents� ages on the date travel begins from the port of debarkation provided there is no undue delay for personal reasons.� Members are liable for costs associated with undue delay for personal reasons . | 
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| | 4.� TDY Directed in Connection with PCS to a Station to Which Dependent Travel Is Authorized. | 
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| | When a member is directed to perform TDY en route under PCS orders to a PDS to which the dependents are authorized to travel, and dependents� travel is delayed until completion of the TDY, entitlement is based on the dependents� ages on the date travel actually begins.� (NOTE:� When travel begins more than 60 days after the TDY ends, entitlement is based on the dependents� ages on the 60th day after completion of the TDY.) | 
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| | 5.� TDY Directed in Connection with PCS to a Dependent-Restricted Tour.� | 
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| | When a member is directed to perform TDY en route under PCS orders to a dependent-restricted tour and the dependents don't travel until the TDY ends, entitlement is based on the dependents� ages on the date travel actually begins.� (NOTE:� When travel begins more than 60 days after the effective date of the orders, entitlement is based on the dependents� ages on the 60th day after the effective date of the orders.) | 
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| | E. Orders Amended, Modified, Canceled or Revoked After Travel Begins.� | 
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| | When PCS orders are: | 
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| | 1.amended or modified after the date the dependents begin travel (circuitously or otherwise) and a new PDS is designated, or | 
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| | 2.the PCS orders are canceled or revoked, | 
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| | dependents� travel and transportation allowances are authorized.� Allowances are payable for the distance from the place dependents began travel to the place at which they received notification that the orders were amended, modified, canceled or revoked, and then to the new PDS or return to the old PDS, up to the travel and transportation allowances for the distance from the old PDS to the first-named station and then to the last-named station or return to the old PDS. | 
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| | F.� Dependents Temporarily Absent From the Old PDS, Designated Place or Safe Haven When PCS Orders Are Received.� | 
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| | When dependents are temporarily absent from the old PDS, designated place or safe haven when the member receives PCS orders, the member is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances from the old PDS, designated place or safe haven to the new PDS, provided the dependents return to the old PDS, designated place or safe haven and travel from there to the new PDS (B-195643, April 24, 1980). | 
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| | G.� Change of Station While on Leave or TDY. | 
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| | When a member receives PCS orders while on leave or on TDY, the member is entitled to dependents� travel and transportation allowances for dependent travel up to the entitlement for travel from the old to the new PDS. | 
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| | H.� Dependents En Route to the New PDS at the Time of the Member�s Death.� | 
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| | When a member dies after dependents begin travel under PCS orders, they are entitled to dependents travel and transportation allowances for travel from the place travel began to the place at which they were notified of the member's death, up to travel and transportation allowances for the distance from the old PDS to the ordered new PDS.� For further entitlement, see par. U5241. | 
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| | I.� Spouse Separates from the Service After the Effective Date of a Member's PCS Orders.� | 
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| | 1.who performs PCS travel, and | 
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| | 2.whose spouse on the effective date of that order is a member, but separates from the Service thereafter, | 
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| | is entitled to dependents� PCS travel and transportation allowances for that spouse up to the cost for travel from the separated spouse's last PDS to the member's PDS on that PCS order. | 
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| | J.� Legal Custody of Children Changes After the Effective Date of PCS Orders.� | 
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| | A member who is denied dependents� travel and transportation allowances for a child or children by par. U5203-B2f, is entitled thereto if the member is granted legal custody/legal joint custody, or otherwise lawfully acquires such custody after the effective date of the member's PCS orders.� Examples of lawfully acquired custody include custody acquired as the result of the death of the non-member custodial parent or a child�s election to join a member following lapse of a court order at 18 years of age. | 
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| | U5218� TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION INVOLVING OLD AND/OR NEW NON-PDS LOCATION | 
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| | (NOTE:� This paragraph doesn't apply to travel to and/or from a designated place as defined in Appendix A.� For this part, the place at which dependents reside and from which the member commutes daily to the PDS are treated as being the PDS.) | 
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| | A member in receipt of PCS orders is entitled to dependents' travel and transportation allowances from the old non-PDS location and/or to the new non-PDS location, up to the entitlement from the old to the new PDS.� For HHG transportation see pars. U5310-A1 and U5340-A1b.�� When transoceanic travel is involved, see pars. U5205-B and U5210. | 
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| | U5220� DEPENDENTS JOIN OR ACCOMPANY MEMBER DURING TDY EN ROUTE | 
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| | A.� General.� | 
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| | When dependents accompany or join a member performing TDY en route between two PDS�s, entitlements for dependents� travel and transportation allowances are based on the travel actually performed using mileage and per diem rates prescribed in subpars. B and C, limited to the greater of the following: | 
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| | 1.mileage for the official distance between authorized points at the rate prescribed in par. U5105-B1�� as� if�� the�� dependents� had traveled separately, plus a per diem at the rate prescribed in par. U5210 for the travel time for constructive travel between the authorized points; or | 
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| | 2.what it would have cost had Government-procured transportation been used for travel between authorized points, plus a per diem as prescribed in Chapter 4, Part B for the time required for travel between authorized points.� If Government-procured transportation is used, the cost of the Government-procured transportation is subtracted from the entitlement. | 
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| | B.� Mileage Rate Payable.� | 
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| | The mileage rate in par. U5105-B1 applies for actual travel for the distance the dependents traveled separately.� The mileage rate in par. U5105-B1 for the member and dependents, less $.15 per mile, is used for actual travel for the distance the member and dependents traveled together. | 
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| | C.� Per Diem.� | 
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| | The per diem rate is one of the following: | 
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| | 1.Traveling Separately.� | 
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| | Par. U5210-C applies when the dependents travel separately from the member for the allowable travel time for that leg of the journey. | 
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| | 2.Traveling Together.� | 
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| | Par. U5210-B applies when the dependents travel with the member for the allowable travel time for that leg of the journey. | 
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