[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2930 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2930

   To amend title 37, United States Code, to extend to members with 
 dependents the second basic allowance for housing for members of the 
 National Guard and Reserve and retired members without dependents who 
  are mobilized in support of a contingency operation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2008

   Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 37, United States Code, to extend to members with 
 dependents the second basic allowance for housing for members of the 
 National Guard and Reserve and retired members without dependents who 
  are mobilized in support of a contingency operation, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Reserve Component Residence 
Protection Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION TO MEMBERS WITH DEPENDENTS OF SECOND BASIC ALLOWANCE 
              FOR HOUSING FOR RESERVE COMPONENT AND RETIRED MEMBERS 
              WITHOUT DEPENDENTS SERVING IN SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY 
              OPERATIONS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Section 604 of the John Warner National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364; 120 
        Stat. 2245) authorizes a second basic allowance for housing for 
        members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces without 
        dependents, and retired members of the Armed Forces without 
        dependents, who are called or ordered to active duty in support 
        of a contingency operation.
            (2) It is in the national interest that the second basic 
        allowance for housing described in subsection (a) be authorized 
        for members of the National Guard and Reserve with dependents 
        who are called or ordered to active in support of a contingency 
        operation.
    (b) Extension of Allowance.--Section 403(g)(2) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``may provide'' and inserting 
                ``shall provide'';
                    (B) by inserting after ``to a member described in 
                paragraph (1)'' the following: ``, or to a member 
                otherwise described in paragraph (1) who is with 
                dependents,''; and
                    (C) by striking ``without dependents'' and 
                inserting ``with or without dependents, as 
                applicable''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or as otherwise 
        authorized by law,'' after ``under paragraph (1)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to 
        months that begin on or after that date.
            (2) Retroactive payment to members on active duty at 
        enactment.--In the case of any member of a reserve component of 
        the Armed Forces with dependents, or retired member of the 
        Armed Forces with dependents, who is on active duty as of the 
        date of the enactment of this Act as described in paragraph (1) 
        of section 403(g) of title 37, United States Code, and to whom 
        is payable the basic allowance for housing provided by 
        paragraph (2) of such section as a result of the amendments 
        made by subsection (b), the basic allowance for housing shall 
        be so payable for each month before the date of the enactment 
        of this Act that began on or after the effective date of the 
        orders of the member to such active duty.
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