[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1977 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1977

To modify the method for calculating the basic allowance for housing to 
   more accurately assess the housing costs of junior members of the 
                          uniformed services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2023

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the method for calculating the basic allowance for housing to 
   more accurately assess the housing costs of junior 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 ``Junior Enlisted Housing 
Affordability Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION METHOD FOR BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR 
              HOUSING TO MORE ACCURATELY ASSESS HOUSING COSTS OF JUNIOR 
              MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES.

    Section 403(b)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is amended, in 
the second sentence, by striking ``and shall be based on the 
following:'' and all that follows through ``determined in subparagraph 
(A)''.
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