BAH Restoration Act
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. (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.)
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1956 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1956
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the basic allowance
for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed
services.
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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
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``BAH Restoration Act''.
SEC. 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.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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