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  1. Computing Per Diem with a 300% AEA at a Single TDY Location. AEA Authorized for Lodging and M&IE Paid on a Per Diem Basis (JTR, par. 020307.A)

  2. Computing Per Diem when 150% AEA for Lodging to One of Multiple TDY Locations. Per Diem or AEA authorized Differently at Different TDY Locations (020307.B3)

  3. Computing Per Diem when 150% AEA for Lodging, Meals, and Averaging Incidental Expenses Limiting to $5.00 a day (020307.F2)
  1. CPP - Constructed Transportation Cost
  1. Overseas COLA (OCONUS COLA) Computation
  1. Computing Per Diem when Meals are Available in a Government Dining Facility or Mess, or Provided by the Government when Included as Part of a Conference Fee or a Lodging Rate (e.g. Breakfast) (020304.B)
  1. Computing Per Diem and Reimbursable Expenses for Dual Lodging (020303, Table 2-16)
  1. Emergency Leave (Service Members Only) Reimbursement for personally procured transportation costs - Example 1 (040201.C)

  2. Emergency Leave (Service Members Only) Reimbursement for personally procured transportation costs - Example 2 (040201.C)

  3. Personal Emergencies for a Service Member on TDY or Away from Homeport (Service Members Only). Reimbursement for personally procured transportation costs (040201.C) Example 1 - Exceeds

  4. Personal Emergencies for a Service Member on TDY or Away from Homeport (Service Members Only). Reimbursement for personally procured transportation costs (040201.C) Example 2 - Less Than
  1. Traveler in Hotel When Flat-Rate Per Diem Transitions to Lodging Plus Per Diem (JTR, par. 020311)

  2. Traveler Shares Housing with Other Official Travelers and Flat-Rate Per Diem Transitions to Lodging Plus Per Diem (JTR, par. 020311)

  3. Traveler Rents an Apartment and Flat-Rate Per Diem Transitions to Lodging Plus Per Diem Mid-Month (JTR, par. 020311)

  4. Traveler Stays in Non-Traditional Lodging at ILPP Site After Flat-Rate Per Diem Transitions to Lodging Plus Per Diem (JTR, par. 020311)

  5. Traveler Moves to Hotel at Rate Higher than ILPP Rate After Flat-Rate Per Diem Transitions to Lodging Plus Per Diem (JTR, par. 020311)
  1. Funded Environmental Morale Leave (FEML) Traveling to an Alternate Destination. Transportation Costs Exceed Authorized Destination (040401.B1, 040501-B, 040503-B2))

  2. Funded Environmental Morale Leave (FEML) Traveling to an Alternate Destination. Transportation Costs Less Than Authorized Destination (040401.B1, 040501-B, 040503-B2)
  1. Computing Per Diem when Crossing the International Date Line (IDL) traveling in a Westward Direction with a Lost Day (020314)

  2. Computing Per Diem when Crossing the International Date Line (IDL) and traveling in a Westward Direction without a Lost Day (020314)

  3. Computing Per Diem for PCS when Crossing the International Date Line (IDL) Traveling in a Westward Direction

  4. Computing Per Diem for PCS Travel when Crossing the International Date Line (IDL) Traveling in an Eastward Direction
  1. Civilian Employee Returns to a PDS or Place of Abode on a Non-Workday

  2. 2 or Fewer Non-Workdays if Leave is Taken for all Workdays between the Non-Workdays

  3. Non-Workday When a Civilian Employee Takes Leave for a Whole Workday before and a Whole Workday Following a Non-Workday

  4. Traveler Departs the PDS Prior to the First Day of Scheduled Travel
  1. Commuting Distance Greater than Ordinary - POV (020603.B1c1(a))

  2. Commuting Distance Less than Ordinary - POV (020603.B1c1(a))

  3. Combined Use of POV and Public Transportation - Example 1 (020603.B1d)

  4. Combined Use of POV and Public Transportation - Example 2 (020603.B1d)

  5. Public Transportation Cost Less Than Ordinary Cost (020603.B1b)

  6. Distance Traveled Less than Ordinary Commuting Distance (020603.B1b)

  7. Public Transportation Cost Less Than Ordinary Cost (020603.B1b)
  1. Computing Per Diem when Lodging Costs are Obtained on a Long-Term Basis and Taking Leave while on TDY (020303.G)

  2. Leave Taken While on a TDY with Long-Term Lodging (Not Flat-Rate Per Diem) (033302)
  1. Service Member with Dependents

  2. Sharers

  3. Service Member Married to another Service Member with Dependents

  4. Service Member with no Dependents
  1. Computing Per Diem when Deployment and Contingency Travel is to an Area of Responsibility (AOR) (032901.C2)
  1. Computing Per Diem when a POV Is Authorized to the Government's Advantage (020302.A)

  2. Computing Per Diem when POV Is not Authorized to the Government's Advantage and Excess Travel Time is Involved due to Leave, Permissive Travel, or an Administrative Absence (020302.A)
  1. Agreement Violations for Transfers to, from, and within CONUS

  2. Reimbursement when a Civilian Employee Chooses to Deliver or Pick-Up a Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) to or from the Port or Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) (FTR §302-9.104)

  3. Civilian Employee PCS Travel Per Diem Computation-8 travel days

  4. Civilian Employee PCS Travel Per Diem Computation-4 travel days

  5. Civilian Employee PCS Travel Per Diem Computation - Actual Costs Exceed the Government Cost

  6. Civilian Employee PCS Travel Per Diem Computation OCONUS to OCONUS

  7. Civilian Employee PCS or Separation Travel Per Diem Computation - Travel Completed in One Day

  8. Civilian Employee PCS or Separation Travel Per Diem Computation

  9. Eligibility Determination for Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Transportation and Storage outside the Continental United States (OCONUS)

  10. Non-Temporary Storage (NTS) of Household Goods (HHG) in Connection with Moves to and between Areas Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) (FTR §302-8.200-203)

  11. House-Hunting Trip (HHT) Subsistence Calculation

  12. Home Marketing Incentive Payments (HMIP)

  13. Non-Temporary Storage (NTS) of Household Goods (HHG) for Duty at an Isolated Permanent Duty Station (PDS) in the Continental United States (CONUS) (FTR § 302-8.108)

  14. Professional Books, Papers, and Equipment (PBP&E) - Administratively Restricted HHG Weight

  15. PCS Mixed Modes Travel Example

  16. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Per Diem Computation - Civilian Employee's Spouse or Domestic Partner Traveling Separately from Civilian Employee [Updated file pending July 2024]

  17. PCS Travel Time Computation when Travel Is by Mixed Modes-1,500 mi

  18. PCS Travel Time Computation when Travel Is by Mixed Modes-1,000 mi

  19. PCS Travel Time Computation when Travel Is by Mixed Modes-385 mi

  20. PCS Travel Time Computation when Travel Is by Mixed Modes with Leave

  21. PCS Elapsed Time Is Less than Authorized Travel Time

  22. Civilian Employee En Route Travel by Automobile for Permanent Duty Travel (PDT)

  23. Renewal Agreement Travel (RAT) Leave - Per Diem

  24. Removing Household Goods (HHG) from Non-Temporary Storage (NTS)

  25. Renewal Agreement Travel (RAT) - Computing the Tour of Duty when Delayed RAT is Involved and an OCONUS Service Limitation does not Affect the Civilian Employee

  26. Sample Statement Computation of Liabilities and Credits for Violation of Renewal Agreement

  27. TQSE (LS) Computation [Updated file pending July 2024]

  28. Timing of Real Estate Transactions

  29. TQSE (AE) Computation with House Hunting Trip (HHT) [Updated file pending July 2024]

  30. TQSE (AE) Lodging Portion Computation when an Apartment, House, Mobile Home or Recreational Vehicle Is Rented or Used for Lodging

  31. TQSE (AE) Computation [Updated file pending July 2024]

  32. Civilian Employee Does not Stay at ILPP Preferred Location

  33. Lodging Plus Per Diem while Awaiting Transportation

  34. TQSE (LP) Computation [Updated file pending July 2024]

  35. TQSE (LP) Computation with house Hunting Trip (HHT)

  36. Computing TQSE (LP) with a 300% AEA at Presidentially-Declared Disaster Areas
  1. Service Member Permanent Duty Travel - Elapsed Travel Time is Less than Authorized (050205.A)

  2. Service Member PCS Travel Time Computation when Travel Is by Mixed Modes - POV Travel Distance Less than Official Distance (050205.B)

  3. Service Member PCS Travel Time Computation when Travel Is by Mixed Modes with Leave - Actual Distance Greater than Authorized (050205.B)

  4. Per Diem Rate when New Permanent Duty Station (PDS) is a Ship (0509)

  5. PCS Per Diem Computation for Service Member and Dependents through Ports of Embarkation and Debarkation (050303)

  6. Consecutive Overseas Tour (COT) Leave (050812)

  7. Monetary Allowance in Lieu of Transportation (MALT) for Permanent Duty Travel - Multiple Travelers Using the Same Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) (050203.B1)

  8. Household Goods (HHG) Transportation - Unused Balance to New Permanent Duty Station (PDS) (051301.D)

  9. Excess Charges - HHG Transportation in Excess of Authorized Weight Allowance (051306.B)

  10. Household Goods (HHG) Transportation Other than between Authorized Locations (051306.C)

  11. Household Goods (HHG) Transportation Methods - Unaccompanied Baggage and Professional Books, Papers and Equipment (PBP&E) (051401.A)

  12. Household Goods (HHG) Transportation Related to the Early Return of a Dependent (ERD) - Authority on the Next Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Order (052005)

  13. POV Transportation in the CONUS: Driving One POV and Shipping One POV (052901.B)

  14. Rental Vehicle Reimbursement in connection with the Shipment of a Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Transported at Government Expense (053104.B)

  15. Household Goods (HHG) Transportation Authorized When a Mobile Home is Also Transported (052102.A)

  16. Mobile Home Transportation under Unusual or Emergency Circumstances (052701.A)

  17. Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE) in the Continental United States (CONUS) (050601-B)

  18. Dislocation Allowance (DLA) - Two Service Members Married to Each Other (050506-B)

  19. Calculating Excess Weight of HHG (PBP&E) (051304 and Table 5-39)

  20. Calculating Excess Weight of HHG (Medical Equipment) (PBP&E) (051304 and Table 5-39)

  21. How to compute awaiting transportation allowances during a PCS

  22. How to compute a PCS Order's Effective Date
  1. Evacuation from a PDS OCONUS to a Safe Haven in the CONUS (JTR, par. 060205.B, Table 6-17)

  2. Evacuation from a PDS OCONUS to a Safe Haven in a Foreign Area (JTR, par. 060205.B, Table 6-17)

  3. Evacuation from a PDS OCONUS to a Safe Haven in the CONUS while in the CONUS on Authorized Leave (JTR, par. 060205.B, Table 6-17)

  4. Evacuation from a Foreign Area PDS to a Designated Place in the CONUS (JTR, par. 060205.B, Table 6-17)

  5. Per Diem for an Evacuation from a PDS within the CONUS to a Safe Haven in the CONUS (JTR, par. 060401)

  6. Per Diem for an Evacuation from a PDS within the CONUS to a Safe Haven in a Non-Foreign Area OCONUS (JTR, par. 060401)

  7. Per Diem for an Evacuation from a PDS within the CONUS to a Safe Haven While on Authorized Leave (JTR, par. 060401)

  8. Evacuation from a PDS in the CONUS to a Designated Place in the CONUS (JTR, par. 060401)

  9. Per Diem for a Civilian Employee or Dependent While at Safe Haven due to an Evacuation from a PDS within the CONUS or Non-Foreign Location OCONUS (JTR, par. 060410.B2)

  10. Local Emergency Displacements in CONUS (JTR 060101-C and Table 6-2)
  1. Appropriate Per Diem Locality Rate with a Stopover Point and Multiple TDY Locations on the Same Day (020310.B)
  1. TLA for TDY or Deployment (POV Travel)

  2. TLA for TDY Status, Vessel at Homeport or Underway

  3. Temporary Lodging with Meal Preparation Facilities

  4. Service Member Married to Another Service Member in the Same Temporary Lodging without Meal Preparation Facilities (POV Travel)

  5. Two Service Members Married to Each Other with Dependents in Temporary Lodging with Meal Preparation Facilities for Each Service Member (POV Travel)

  6. Service Member Married to Another Service Member with Dependents with Two Rooms without Meal Preparation Facilities for Both Service Members (POV Travel)

  7. Service Member with Multiple Dependents and Two Rooms without Meal Preparation Facilities (POV Travel)

  8. PCS Reporting Date and Authorized TLA are on the Same Day (Commercial Transportation)

  9. Lodging with Currency Conversion Fees

  10. PCS Reporting Date and Authorized TLA are on the Same Day, Lodging with Friends and Relatives (Commercial Travel)
  1. TLA Special - Rate Increase National Convention

  2. TLA Special - Rate Increase International Sporting Event - Multiple Rooms Used

  3. TLA Special - Two Service Members Married to Each Other without a Dependent, Sharing Temporary Lodging Facilities

  4. TLA Special - Computation for a Service Member without a Dependent
  1. Authorizing or Approving Official (AO) Directs a Service Member to Use Usually-Traveled Route Instead of Government Transportation