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Title VI: MILITARY COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

Sec. 612Basic allowance for housing: permanent authority to make certain temporary increases

TL;DR

Amends title 37, United States Code relating to basic allowance for housing: permanent authority to make certain temporary increases.

Statutory text

(a) Area covered by a major disaster declaration or containing an installation experiencing an influx of military personnelSubsection (b) of section 403 of title 37, United States Code, is amended, in paragraph (7)—(1)in subparagraph (D), by striking Subject to subparagraph (E), an and inserting An; and(2)by striking subparagraph (E).

(b) Area where actual housing costs differ from current rates by more than 20 percentSuch subsection is further amended, in paragraph (8), by striking subparagraph (C).