371 FW 5, Housing for Volunteers 

FWM#:    259 (replaces FWM 081, 4/26/93)
Date:       June 28, 1996
Series:     Facility Management
Part 371:  Quarters Management
Originating Office: Division of Contracting and General Services
5.1 Authorities.

A. Public Law 95-616, 92 Stat. 3113, dated November 8, 1978, Section 4 (c)(1), Fish and Wildlife Improvemet Act of 1978.

B. 150 FW, Volunteer Services Program.

5.2 Rental Rates and Payment.

A. The station manager may set a rent anywhere from $0 up to market value for volunteers. The rent should be no less than the market rent of the quarters less the market value of the services provided by the volunteer. The CPI-adjusted base rental rate of the quarters may be used as an indication of the local market rent.

B. If the quarters used to house a volunteer are not government-owned, the volunteer may either pay the rent directly to a private landlord and be reimbursed or have his rent paid through a contracting officer with a warrant.

5.3 Quarters Justification. All quarters, whether leased or government owned, used to house volunteers must be justified with a Quarters Justification, Form DI 1871 (400 DM, Appendix 12). The need to house volunteers is an acceptable quarters justification.

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