To amend title 37, United States Code, to reduce the number of consecutive days of deployment required before a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services is entitled to the higher rate of the basic allowance for housing.

Reduces from 140 to 60 days the minimum length of a call or order to active duty before a member of a military reserve component will be entitled to the higher rate of basic allowance for housing established by the Secretary of Defense.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 3280 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3280

    To amend title 37, United States Code, to reduce the number of 
 consecutive days of deployment required before a member of a reserve 
 component of the uniformed services is entitled to the higher rate of 
                    the basic allowance for housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2001

Mr. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 37, United States Code, to reduce the number of 
 consecutive days of deployment required before a member of a reserve 
 component of the uniformed services is entitled to the higher rate of 
                    the basic allowance for housing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BASIC ALLOWANCE OF HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF RESERVE 
              COMPONENTS.

    (a) Threshold for Level I Rate.--Section 403(g)(3) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``140 days'' and inserting 
``60 days''.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to months beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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