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Basic allowance for housing: permanent authority to make certain temporary increases

Division A · Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS · Subtitle B: Allowances

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The law allows the military to permanently use temporary increases in housing allowances for service members in areas affected by major disasters or experiencing a surge in personnel. It also removes a limit on adjusting housing allowances when actual housing costs differ significantly from current rates.

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(a) Area covered by a major disaster declaration or containing an installation experiencing an influx of military personnel

Subsection (b) of section 403 of title 37, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (7)—

(1)

in subparagraph (D), by striking Subject to subparagraph (E), an and inserting An ; and

(2)

by striking subparagraph (E).

(b) Area where actual housing costs differ from current rates by more than 20 percent

Such subsection is further amended, in paragraph (8), by striking subparagraph (C).