[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2389]
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  SA 200. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 612. 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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