BAH Restoration Act

Bill: 117-s-4562
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-07-20
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>BAH Restoration Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases the monthly amount of the basic housing allowance for members of the uniformed services inside the United States. Specifically, the monthly amount of allowance for a member must be the amount of the monthly cost of adequate housing in the area, as determined by the Department of Defense, for members of the uniformed services serving in the same pay grade and same dependency status as the member.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4562 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2022 Mr. Warnock (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Ossoff , Mr. Tester , Mr. Merkley , and Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the basic allowance for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the BAH Restoration Act . 2. Increase in basic allowance for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed services Paragraph (3) of section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (3) The monthly amount of the basic allowance for housing for an area of the United States for a member of a uniformed service shall be the amount of the monthly cost of adequate housing in that area, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, for members of the uniformed services serving in the same pay grade and with the same dependency status as the member. .