BAH Restoration Act

Bill: 119-hr-1956
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2025-03-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-06
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.</p><p>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. (Currently, the allowance is based on the difference between this amount and a percentage of the national average monthly cost of housing for members with the same pay grade and dependency status.)</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1956 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Ms. Strickland (for herself, Mr. Bacon , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Connolly , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Deluzio , Ms. Escobar , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Golden of Maine , Ms. Goodlander , Ms. Norton , Ms. Jacobs , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Moulton , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Peters , Ms. Pettersen , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Salinas , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Swalwell , Ms. Tokuda , and Mr. Wittman ) 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. .