[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8914-S8915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4867. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


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        At the end of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 607. MODIFICATIONS TO CALCULATION OF BASIC HOUSING 
                   ALLOWANCE FOR REMOTE OR ISOLATED AREAS.

       (a) In General.--Section 403(b) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(9) In the case of a military housing area determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense to be remote or isolated, the 
     Secretary shall determine the costs of adequate housing under 
     paragraph (2) based on the higher of the median or the mean 
     rent in that area.''.
       (b) Absorption Rate for Out-of-pocket Expenses.--Paragraph 
     (3) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) In the case of a military housing area determined by 
     the Secretary of Defense to be remote or isolated, the 
     percentage to be used for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) 
     shall be zero percent for months occurring after 2021.''.
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