[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7889

To amend title 37, United States Code, to establish an allowance for a 
 gym membership for a member of the Armed Forces who resides more than 
                 10 miles from a military installation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 2022

   Mr. Kelly of Mississippi 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 establish an allowance for a 
 gym membership for a member of the Armed Forces who resides more than 
                 10 miles from a military installation.

    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 ``Military Fitness Incentive Tuition 
Act'' or the ``Military FIT Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE FOR GYM MEMBERSHIP FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
              WHO RESIDE MORE THAN 10 MILES FROM A MILITARY 
              INSTALLATION.

    (a) Establishment.--Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 425 the following new section:
``Sec. 426. Allowance for gym membership for members of the armed 
              forces who reside more than 10 miles from a military 
              installation
    ``(a) Allowance Authorized.--The Secretary concerned shall pay, to 
a member of the armed forces who resides more than 10 miles from a 
military installation, a monthly allowance for a gym membership.
    ``(b) Amount.--The monthly allowance to a member under this section 
shall be in an amount determined by the Secretary of Defense based on 
the average cost of a gym membership in the military housing area in 
which the member resides.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
425 the following:

``426. Allowance for gym membership for members of the armed forces who 
                            reside more than 10 miles from a military 
                            installation.''.
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