[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1938 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1938

  To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that a member of a 
 reserve component of a uniformed service, who performs active service 
  for more than 30 consecutive days under multiple calls or orders to 
  active service that specify periods of 30 days or less, is paid the 
 same basic allowance for housing as a similarly situated member of a 
 reserve component called or ordered to active service for a period of 
                           more than 30 days.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

  Ms. Norton 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 ensure that a member of a 
 reserve component of a uniformed service, who performs active service 
  for more than 30 consecutive days under multiple calls or orders to 
  active service that specify periods of 30 days or less, is paid the 
 same basic allowance for housing as a similarly situated member of a 
 reserve component called or ordered to active service for a period of 
                           more than 30 days.

    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 ``National Guard Housing Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. PARITY IN BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
              RESERVE COMPONENTS WHO SERVE FOR MORE THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE 
              DAYS UNDER MULTIPLE CALLS OR ORDERS TO ACTIVE SERVICE.

    Section 403(g)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a member of a reserve 
component, who performs active service for more than 30 consecutive 
days under multiple calls or orders to active service that specify 
periods of 30 days or less, shall be paid the same basic allowance for 
housing as a similarly situated member of a reserve component who is 
called or ordered to active service for a period of more than 30 
days.''.
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