BAH Restoration Act

Bill: 118-hr-2537
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2537 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 6, 2023 Ms. Strickland (for herself, Mr. Bacon , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Wittman , Mr. Turner , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Moore of Utah , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Crow , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Peters , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Jacobs , Mr. Norcross , and Ms. Houlahan ) introduced the following bill; which was 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. .