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and, therefore, is funded by COMNAVSEASYSCOM in the
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN) appropriation.
(2) New construction of Bachelor Quarters (BQs) and BQ
equivalent facilities is an investment and, therefore, funded by
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
in the Military Construction, Navy (MCON) appropriation.
4. SOURCE DOCUMENTS.
Navy policy on the adequacy, assignment, utilization and occupancy of
Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (UPH) for ships undergoing overhaul
or conversion is contained in the current issuance of OPNAVINST
11103.1. For additional guidance relating to berthing and messing during
CNO scheduled availabilities, see OPNAVINST 4700.38.
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075159 LEGAL COSTS
1. LEGAL OFFICES.
The General Counsel and immediate staff are funded by the Assistant for
Administration to the Under Secretary of the Navy (AAUSN). Command
counsel and other lawyers reporting to the General Counsel are funded by
their commands.
2. LITIGATION COSTS.
a. Funding policy.
(1) Litigation costs are considered expenses and are payable from
the same funds used to fund the operating costs of the major
command or subordinate activity.
(2) Funding litigation expenses over and above salaries and
administrative costs already budgeted is the responsibility of the
major command or subordinate organization conducting the
litigation regardless of whether the litigation resulted from an
action, process, or procedure of their own personnel or of a
separate, servicing organization. This will include actions of
contracting personnel, and other Department of the Navy (DON)
offices performing service functions as part of their mission
responsibilities. As expenses, litigation costs are properly
chargeable to the fiscal year funds in which costs are incurred.
(3) Travel costs incurred by DON personnel in support of
litigation are payable in accordance with paragraph 075183.
b. Department of Justice.
Costs incurred by the DON in support of litigation being conducted by
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