[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1406 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1406

   To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the authorized 
weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of 
       senior noncommissioned officers of the uniformed services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

  Mr. Latham 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 authorized 
weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of 
       senior noncommissioned officers 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 ``Senior NCO Household Goods Shipment 
Equity Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Household-goods weight allowances for a member of the 
        uniformed services during a permanent change of station move 
        are currently set as a grade-based benefit rather than 
        reflecting the normal accumulation of goods during the career 
        of the member and as the member's family grows.
            (2) An undeniable aspect of the life of a senior 
        noncommissioned officer is the jettisoning of personal property 
        prior to a permanent change of station move in order to avoid 
        the financial penalties that must be paid for household goods 
        weights that exceed the permitted weight allowances.
            (3) Increased household goods weight allowances for senior 
        noncommissioned officers and their families would serve as a 
        career incentive and provide fairness to those members who have 
        made military service a career.

SEC. 3. INCREASED WEIGHT ALLOWANCES FOR SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF 
              SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

    (a) Increase.--The table in section 406(b)(1)(C) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to pay 
grades E-7 through E-9 and inserting the following new items:


 
 
 
``E-9...........................................................                        18,000           18,000
E-8.............................................................                        16,000           17,500
E-7.............................................................                        14,000        17,000''.
 

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 1, 2006, and apply with respect to an order in 
connection with a change of temporary or permanent station issued on or 
after that date.
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