Military Fitness Incentive Tuition Act

Bill: 117-hr-7889
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2022-05-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Military Fitness Incentive Tuition Act or the Military FIT Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the military departments to pay a monthly allowance for a gym membership to members of the Armed Forces who reside more than 10 miles from a military installation. The amount of the allowance must be determined based on the average cost of a gym membership in the military housing area in which a member resides.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7889 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Fitness Incentive Tuition Act or the Military FIT Act . 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: 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. .