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Subtitle B—Allowances Other Than 
Travel and Transportation Allow-
ances 
SEC. 611. INCREASES IN MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE INCOME FOR 
PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BASIC NEEDS AL-
LOWANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402b(b) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘130 percent’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘150 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘the gross’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary concerned determines it ap-
propriate (based on location, household need, or special 
circumstance), the gross household income of the mem-
ber during the most recent calendar year did not exceed 
an amount equal to 200 percent of the Federal poverty 
guidelines of the Department of Health and Human 
Services for the location of the member and the number 
of individuals in the household of the member for such 
year; and’’.
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than January 1, 
2024, the Secretary concerned (as defined in section 101 of 
title 37, United States Code) shall modify the calculation of 
the basic needs allowance under section 402b of title 37, 
United States Code, to implement the amendments made by 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 612. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY ADJUST 
BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING IN CERTAIN 
AREAS. 
Section 403(b)(8)(C) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 
SEC. 613. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF RATE OF BASIC AL-
LOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WHOSE SOLE DEPENDENT DIES 
WHILE RESIDING WITH THE MEMBER. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 403 of title 37, United States 
Code, as amended by section 612, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (m) through (p) as 
subsections (n) through (q); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following 
new subsection (m): 
‘‘(m) TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF RATE OF BASIC 
ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHOSE 
SOLE DEPENDENT DIES WHILE RESIDING WITH THE MEM-
BER.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) or any other
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section of law, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, may, 
after the death of the sole dependent of a member of the 
armed forces, continue to pay a basic allowance for housing 
to such member at the rate paid to such member on the date 
of such death if— 
‘‘(A) such sole dependent dies— 
‘‘(i) while the member is on active duty; and 
‘‘(ii) while residing with the member, unless 
separated by the necessity of military service or to 
receive institutional care as a result of disability or 
incapacitation or under such other circumstances as 
the Secretary concerned may by regulation pre-
scribe; and 
‘‘(B) the member is not occupying a housing facility 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned on the 
date of the death of the sole dependent. 
‘‘(2) The continuation of the rate of an allowance under 
this subsection shall terminate upon the earlier of the fol-
lowing to occur: 
‘‘(A) The day that is one year after the date of the 
death of the sole dependent. 
‘‘(B) The permanent change of station, or perma-
nent change of assignment with movement of personal
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property and household goods under section 453(c) of 
this title, of the member.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2881a(c) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
403(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 403(o)’’. 
SEC. 614. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MEMBERS 
WITHOUT 
DEPENDENTS 
WHEN 
HOME 
PORT 
CHANGE WOULD FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGE 
MEMBER. 
Subsection (p) of section 403 of title 37, United States 
Code, as redesignated by section 612, is further amended in 
subsection (p)— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LOW- 
COST AND NO-COST’’ and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘In the case of a 
member who is assigned’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2)(A) In the case of a member without dependents 
who is assigned to a unit that undergoes a change of home 
port or a change of permanent duty station, if the Secretary 
concerned determines that it would be inequitable to base the 
member’s entitlement to, and amount of, a basic allowance 
for housing on the new home port or permanent duty station, 
the Secretary concerned may—
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‘‘(i) waive the requirement to base the member’s en-
titlement to, and amount of, a basic allowance for hous-
ing on the new home port or permanent duty station 
member; and 
‘‘(ii) treat that member for the purposes of this sec-
tion as if the unit to which the member is assigned did 
not undergo such a change. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary concerned may grant a waiver under 
subparagraph (A) to not more than 100 members in a cal-
endar year. 
‘‘(C) Not later than March 1 of each calendar year, the 
Secretary concerned shall provide a briefing to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives on the use of the authority provided by subpara-
graph (A) during the preceding calendar year that includes— 
‘‘(i) the number of members granted a waiver under 
subparagraph (A) during that year; and 
‘‘(ii) for each such waiver, an identification of— 
‘‘(I) the grade of the member; 
‘‘(II) the home port or permanent duty station 
of the unit to which the member is assigned before 
the change described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(III) the new home port or permanent duty 
station of that unit.
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‘‘(D) This paragraph shall cease to be effective on De-
cember 31, 2027.’’. 
SEC. 615. REVIVAL AND REDESIGNATION OF PROVISION ESTAB-
LISHING BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS AS-
SIGNED TO THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGEN-
CY. 
(a) REVIVIAL.—Section 491 of title 37, United States 
Code— 
(1) is revived to read as it did immediately before 
its repeal under section 604 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 
81); and 
(2) is redesignated as section 431 of such title. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by insert-
ing, after the item relating to section 427, the following new 
item: 
‘‘431. Benefits for certain members assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agen-
cy.’’. 
SEC. 616. EXTENSION OF ONE-TIME UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOR 
OFFICERS WHO TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE. 
Subsection (d)(1) of section 606 of the William M. 
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3672; 37 
U.S.C. 416 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’.
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SEC. 617. OCONUS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE: ADJUST-
MENTS; NOTICE TO CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) REDUCTIONS: LIMITATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating may reduce the cost-of-liv-
ing allowance for a member of the Armed Forces as-
signed to a duty station located outside the United 
States— 
(A) not more than once every six months; or 
(B) in connection with a permanent change of 
station for such member. 
(2) INCREASES.—The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating may increase the allowance described in 
paragraph (1) for a member of the Armed Forces at any 
time. 
(b) NOTICE.—The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives not less than 180 days before modifying a 
table used to calculate the living allowance described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2023, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed
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Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a brief-
ing containing— 
(1) the determination of the Secretary regarding 
the effects of this section on the allowance described in 
subsection (a); 
(2) an assessment of the representative market bas-
ket of goods and services used to determine such allow-
ance, including the methodology to identify such market 
basket and the frequency with which such allowance is 
adjusted; and 
(3) the methodology and process by which surveys 
regarding such allowance are updated, including the av-
erage response rates and the efforts undertaken to en-
sure a representative sample of beneficiaries are sur-
veyed. 
Subtitle C—Travel and 
Transportation Allowances 
SEC. 621. ALLOWABLE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOW-
ANCES: COMPLEX OVERHAUL. 
Section 452 of title 37, United States Code, is amended, 
in subsection (b)— 
(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (18) as 
paragraph (21); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
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‘‘(22) Permanent change of assignment to or from 
a naval vessel undergoing nuclear refueling or defueling 
and any concurrent complex overhaul, even if such as-
signment is within the same area as the current assign-
ment of the member. 
‘‘(23) Current assignment to a naval vessel entering 
or exiting nuclear refueling or defueling and any concur-
rent complex overhaul.’’. 
SEC. 622. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE A MEM-
BER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FOR SPOUSAL 
BUSINESS COSTS ARISING FROM A PERMANENT 
CHANGE OF STATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended, in subsection (g)— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR BUSINESS 
COSTS’’ after ‘‘RELICENSING COSTS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or qualified 
business costs’’ after ‘‘qualified relicensing costs’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Reimburse-
ment’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘for qualified relicensing 
costs’’ after ‘‘subsection’’; 
(C) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$1,000’’; and
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(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Reimbursement provided to a member under this 
subsection for qualified business costs may not exceed $1,000 
in connection with each reassignment described in paragraph 
(1).’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or qualified 
business costs’’ after ‘‘qualified relicensing costs’’; 
(5) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘business license, permit,’’ after 
‘‘courses,’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or owned a business,’’ 
before ‘‘during’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘professional’’ before ‘‘li-
cense’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘, or business license or 
permit,’’ after ‘‘certification’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘professional’’ before ‘‘li-
cense’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or business license or 
permit,’’ after ‘‘certification’’; and
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(6) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘qualified business 
costs’ means costs, including moving services for equipment, 
equipment removal, new equipment purchases, information 
technology expenses, and inspection fees, incurred by the 
spouse of a member if— 
‘‘(A) the spouse owned a business during the mem-
ber’s previous duty assignment and the costs result from 
a movement described in paragraph (1)(B) in connection 
with the member’s change in duty location pursuant to 
reassignment described in paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(B) the costs were incurred or paid to move such 
business to a new location in connection with such reas-
signment.’’. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military de-
partment shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing re-
garding implementation of the amendments made by sub-
section (a), including— 
(1) the number of times such Secretary used the 
authority under such amendments; and 
(2) the costs to the Federal Government arising 
from such usage.
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fense shall implement such curriculum and certification pro-
gram in the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO DISSEMINATE BEST PRACTICES.— 
The Secretary of Defense may disseminate best practices 
based on the curriculum and certification program developed 
and implemented under this section to other institutions of 
higher education, as such term is defined in section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(d) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the cur-
riculum and certification program under this section shall 
terminate on the date that is five years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(e) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the termi-
nation date specified in subsection (d), the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on 
the results of the curriculum and certification program devel-
oped and implemented under this section. 
SEC. 739. STANDARDIZATION OF POLICIES RELATING TO SERV-
ICE IN ARMED FORCES BY INDIVIDUALS DIAG-
NOSED WITH HBV. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretaries concerned, shall—