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Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

Sec. 611Basic needs allowance: exclusion of basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income of an eligible member of the Armed Forces

TL;DR

Amends title 37, United States Code relating to basic needs allowance: exclusion of basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income of an eligible member of the armed forces.

Statutory text

Section 402b

(k)

(1) (B) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking in and all that follows through portion of; and(2)by striking that the Secretary concerned elects to exclude and inserting paid to such member.