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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 1956
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the basic allowance
for housing inside the United States for members of the uniformed services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH6, 2025
Ms. S
TRICKLAND(for herself, Mr. BACON, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr.
C
ONNOLLY, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DELUZIO, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. GARCIAof
Texas, Mr. G
OLDENof Maine, Ms. GOODLANDER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JA-
COBS, Mr. LIEU, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. TORRESof California, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. SALINAS, Ms.
S
CHAKOWSKY, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TOKUDA, and Mr.
W
ITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the
basic allowance for housing inside the United States
for members of the uniformed services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘BAH Restoration 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING IN-1
SIDE THE UNITED STATES FOR MEMBERS OF 2
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 3
Paragraph (3) of section 403(b) of title 37, United 4
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 5
‘‘(3) The monthly amount of the basic allowance for 6
housing for an area of the United States for a member 7
of a uniformed service shall be the amount of the monthly 8
cost of adequate housing in that area, as determined by 9
the Secretary of Defense, for members of the uniformed 10
services serving in the same pay grade and with the same 11
dependency status as the member.’’. 12
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