[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 847. 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 HOUSING ALLOWANCE.

       (a) Increased Funding.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 421 for military personnel, as 
     specified in the funding table in section 4401, is hereby 
     increased by $244,000,000, with the amount of such increase 
     to be available for an increase in the basic allowance for 
     housing (BAH) reabsorption.
       (b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2024 by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
     is hereby reduced by $244,000,000, with the amount of the 
     reduction to be derived from Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-wide, Administration and Service-wide Activities, for 
     the Office of the Secretary of Defense (line 490), as 
     specified in the funding table in section 4301.
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