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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 1956

Introduced

BAH Restoration Act

Sponsor
DMarilyn Strickland· Washington
Introduced
March 6, 2025
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.March 6, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1956 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1956 To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the basic allowance for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed services. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Ms. Strickland (for herself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Connolly, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. Goodlander, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Tokuda, and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the basic allowance for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``BAH Restoration Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING INSIDE THE UNITED STATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. Paragraph (3) of section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(3) The monthly amount of the basic allowance for housing for an area of the United States for a member of a uniformed service shall be the amount of the monthly cost of adequate housing in that area, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, for members of the uniformed services serving in the same pay grade and with the same dependency status as the member.''. <all>

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