In regards to the new long-term TDY reg. If you get a non-a and yet still choose to stay in gov't quarters (i.g. navy lodge) are you still subjected to the actual cost of the room or do you get the 75% rate still? I was reading the JTR, and in chapter 2, it talks about gov't quarters being predetermined as unavailable if going to a service school. My question is what cancels out? which portion of the JTR do I go with? the lodge was not on the post and I still have non-a stating that rooms were unavailable. I beleive people are interperting differntly because someone else that stayed in the same place got the 75% rate so they pocketed the difference.
Availability/Non-availability Documentation
1. Availability/non-availability must be documented (see par. 2570).
2. Non-availability documentation is required only for Gov’t Qtrs on (not near) an Installation at which a
member is TDY.
3. The member is not required to check for Gov’t Qtrs availability when TDY to a foreign installation unless
directed by competent authority in the orders.
D. Member Uses Other Lodgings as a Personal Choice. A member:
1. Should use adequate and available Gov’t Qtrs on the U.S. Installation at which assigned TDY.
2. Who uses other lodgings as a personal choice, when adequate Gov’t Qtrs:
a. Are available on that U.S. Installation, or
b. Use is directed on a foreign Installation
is limited to the Gov’t Qtrs lodging reimbursement cost on the Gov’t Installation to which assigned TDY (44
Comp. Gen. 626 (1965)).
E. Per Diem Limitation Not Allowed. Per diem cannot be limited based on nearby Gov’t Qtrs that are not on the
Gov’t Installation, to which the member is assigned TDY, but on another nearby Gov’t Installation, uniformed
facility, or elsewhere.
2565 GOV’T QTRS NOT AVAILABLE
The Services have predetermined that Gov’t Qtrs are not available:
1. When a TDY/delay point is at other than a U.S. Installation (See App A1);
2. When an AO determines that Gov’t Qtrs use would adversely affect mission performance except for:
a. A member attending a service school at a Uniformed Service facility, and
b. An O-7 through O-10 officer who personally determines Qtrs availability;
