[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1995 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1995

 To advance the current timetable for the elimination of out-of-pocket 
  housing costs for members of the uniformed services entitled to the 
   basic allowance for housing for military housing areas inside the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2001

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Simmons) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To advance the current timetable for the elimination of out-of-pocket 
  housing costs for members of the uniformed services entitled to the 
   basic allowance for housing for military housing areas inside the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. EXPEDITED ELIMINATION OF MEMBERS' OUT-OF-POCKET HOUSING 
              COSTS.

    Section 603(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 37 U.S.C. 403 note), as amended by 
section 605(e) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 
1654A-148), is further amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``of not more than 
        eight years'' and inserting ``not to extend beyond September 
        30, 2003''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``Under the transition plan, the Secretary shall ensure that 
        out-of-pocket housing costs for members of the uniformed 
        services entitled to the basic allowance for housing for 
        military housing areas inside the United States do not exceed 
        7.5 percent of housing costs by the end of fiscal year 2002.''.
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