QuestionsQuestions (LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 131)
It authorizes increased rates of per diem and other allowances for AFP personnel sent abroad for schooling/training under specified U.S.-linked programs and other foreign arrangements, to address inadequacy of existing rates for cost of living abroad.
Training abroad under the U.S. International Military Education and Training Program (IMETP), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) arrangements, Mutual Assistance Programs (MAP), and other training courses especially arranged with foreign countries.
Officers: US$25.00; Enlisted Personnel: US$20.00.
For both officers and enlisted personnel, the daily incidental allowance is US$2.00. Per diem is $250.00 for officers and $200.00 for enlisted personnel (as stated in the text).
Yes. It includes a category for “Travel Expenses,” but the text excerpt does not state specific amounts.
The amount of those provided privileges by the sponsoring government shall be deducted from the per diem entitlement under the Letter.
If the amount given by the sponsoring government is equal to or more than the per diem entitlement authorized in the Letter, the per diem allowance shall not be paid.
It is subject to the limitation on frequency set by Executive Order No. 129, s. 1968 as amended by Executive Order No. 421, s. 1973.
The funds needed shall be charged to AFP appropriations.
Any executive orders, rules, or regulations (or parts thereof) inconsistent or in conflict with any provision of the Letter are deemed repealed or modified accordingly.
Immediately.
It creates an authoritative, fixed entitlement framework for AFP allowances abroad, subject to the deduction rules when foreign grants provide overlapping benefits.
It prevents double compensation by deducting foreign-provided stipend/per diem/subsistence/lodging/allowances from the domestic per diem entitlement, and eliminates domestic per diem entirely when foreign support is equal to or greater.
They must identify what benefits (stipend, per diem, subsistence, lodging, other allowances) are included in the foreign grant, compute the deduction from per diem entitlement, and determine whether foreign total equals or exceeds the authorized amount.