[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5030]
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SA 5644. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Ossoff, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr. Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and
Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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:
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. 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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