PER DIEM, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE …

1 PER DIEM, TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE COMMITTEE 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 04J2501 Alexandria, VA 22350-9000 PDTATAC/tgh 19 June 2018 MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT: UTD for MAP 007-18(E) Revised Joint TRAVEL Regulations (JTR), Chapter 10 Basic ALLOWANCE for Housing (BAH) and Overseas Housing ALLOWANCE (OHA) 1. SYNOPSIS: Revises the current JTR Chapter 10 pertaining to BAH and OHA in a different format to allow for simplification of the language in the Regulations, as well as using plain language where allowed.

2 The intent is to lessen the number of pages in the Regulations, make it more easily readable and understood without making any changes to regulatory authority contained in the current version. This revision also eliminates the current Appendix K as being obsolete. 2. These changes are scheduled to appear in the JTR, dated 1 August 2018. 3. This determination is effective when published in the JTR. 4. Action Officer: Tim Haddix //Approved// VELDA A. POTTER Regulations Lead, Policy and Regulations Branch Attachment: Revised JTR, Chapter 10 Uniformed E-Mail Distribution: MAP Members P&R Branch PMO-DTS GSA-3FT GSA-OGP(MTT) DTMO PPC Chapter 10.

3 Housing Allowances 1001-1009 10-1 Chapter 10. HOUSING ALLOWANCES Contents CHAPTER 10. HOUSING ALLOWANCES 1001 INTRODUCTION 100101. Definitions for Housing Allowances 100102. Housing- ALLOWANCE Rates and Applicable Dates 1002 DETERMINING DEPENDENCY 100201. Dependent 100202. Determinations and Fraudulent Claims 100203. Providing Support for Dependent 100204. Dependent Parent 100205. Adopted Child, Stepchild, or Child Born out of Wedlock 100206. Child Living with Service Member s Former Spouse 100207.

4 Child Living with Service Member Former or Estranged Spouse 100208. Dependent Confined in Penal or Correctional Institution 1003 SERVICE MEMBER MARRIED TO ANOTHER SERVICE MEMBER 100301. Both Service Members Married to Each Other Entitled to Basic Pay 100302. Other Dependents 100303. Dependent Custody Effects on Housing Allowances 1004 BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING (BAH) 100401. BAH Rate Protection 100402. BAH Advance 100403. Partial Housing ALLOWANCE (BAH-Partial) 100404. BAH Differential (BAH-Diff) 100405.

5 Temporary BAH Increase 1005 OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) 100501. OHA Overview 100502. OHA Determining Monthly Rent 100503. OHA Utility and Recurring Maintenance ALLOWANCE 100504. OHA Computation Steps 100505. Move-In Housing ALLOWANCE (MIHA) 100506. OHA Advance Payment 100507. Service Member Occupying a Government Trailer or Rental Guarantee Housing and OHA Chapter 10. Housing Allowances 1001-1009 10-2 100508. OHA and Living Quarters ALLOWANCE (LQA) Paid Concurrently 100509. Observer to a UN Peacekeeping Organization 1006 FAMILY SEPARATION HOUSING (FSH) ALLOWANCE 100601.

6 Administration of FSH ALLOWANCE 1007 GOVERNMENT QUARTERS 100701. Responsibility for Assignment or Assignment Termination 100702. Government Quarters Assigned or Occupied 100703. Government Quarters Designated as Inadequate 1008 PRIVATIZED HOUSING 1009 ASSIGNMENT SITUATIONS 100901. Service Member Without Dependent 100902. Service Member with Dependent 100903. Service Member with Acquired Dependent 100904. Service Member with Dependent Serves Unaccompanied or Dependent-Restricted Tour or Unusually Arduous Sea Duty 100905.

7 Service Member Assigned to Duty Aboard a Ship or Other Afloat Unit 100906. Reserve Component (RC) Member 100907. Government Defers Dependent TRAVEL 100908. Dependent Travels Before or After Service Member 100909. Early Return of Dependent 100910. Evacuation of a Service Member s PDS 100911. Service Member in Transit 100912. Service Member in a Missing Status 100913. Service Member in Confinement 100914. Housing ALLOWANCE Following Service Member s Death Chapter 10. Housing Allowances 1001-1009 10-3 1001 INTRODUCTION A Service member on active duty entitled to basic pay is authorized a housing ALLOWANCE based on his or her grade, rank, location, and whether he or she has any dependents.

8 A housing ALLOWANCE generally is not authorized for a Service member who is assigned to appropriate and adequate Government quarters (see Section 1007 for Government quarters). If a Service member is on excess leave, neither the basic ALLOWANCE for housing (BAH) nor the overseas housing ALLOWANCE (OHA) accrues for any excess-leave period. If a Service member is absent without leave, not excused as unavoidable, neither BAH nor OHA is authorized. Table 10-1 . Types of Housing Allowances ALLOWANCE Description BAH Paid for housing in the United States.

9 The BAH rate is based on median housing costs and is paid independently of a Service member s actual housing costs. BAH Differential (BAH-Diff) Paid to a Service member assigned to single-type Government quarters and who qualifies for a BAH solely due to paying sufficient child support. Partial Housing ALLOWANCE (BAH-Partial) Paid to offset the raise that was reallocated from basic pay to housing between 1980 and 1981. It is paid when a Service member without a dependent is assigned to single-type quarters, or is on either field or sea duty, and not authorized to receive a BAH or an OHA.

10 BAH-Partial is not authorized during proceed time, leave en route, and TRAVEL time on a permanent change of station (PCS) move unless the member is assigned to single type Government quarters and not authorized BAH or OHA. The rate is fixed from those years and does not change. Transit Housing ALLOWANCE (BAH-Transit) Paid while a Service member is in TRAVEL or leave status between permanent duty stations (PDS), provided the Service member is not assigned Government quarters. The BAH-Transit rate is paid during proceed time and authorized delays en route, including a TDY en route.