119-hr1956

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1956 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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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.

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 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

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 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.''.
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