[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2395-2396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-694]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Publication of Housing Price Inflation Adjustment Under 50 U.S.C. 
App. Sec.  531

AGENCY: DoD, Office of the Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as codified at 50 U.S.C. 
App. Sec.  531, prevents a landlord from evicting a service member (or 
the service member's family) from a residence during a period of 
military service except by court order. The law as originally passed by 
Congress applied to monthly rents of $2400 or less. The law

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requires the Department of Defense to adjust this amount annually to 
reflect inflation, and to publish the new amount in the Federal 
Register. We have applied the inflation index required by the statute: 
the maximum monthly rental amount for 50 U.S.C. App. Sec.  531 
(a)(1)(A)(ii) will be $2534.32 as of January 1, 2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colonel C. Garcia, Officer of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, (703) 697-3387.

    Dated: January 3, 2005.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-694 Filed 1-12-05; 8:45 am]
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