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Service Member Housing Relief Act
To amend title 37, United States Code, to lower the threshold required for the Secretary of Defense to make a temporary adjustment to a rate of the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services, and to make permanent the authority to make such adjustment.
Summary
This bill modifies the rules for adjusting the basic allowance for housing (BAH) that the Department of Defense provides to military service members. It lowers the threshold that triggers temporary adjustments to housing allowances from a 20 percent increase in housing costs to 15 percent. The bill also makes permanent the Secretary of Defense's authority to make these temporary adjustments to BAH rates, removing the current requirement that this authority be periodically renewed or expire.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Levin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $64,547
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO $18,365
- GOOGLE $14,450
- CHEMBRIDGE CORP $13,200
- PIMCO $13,200
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Actions (2)
- Jun 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Jun 20, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2025
Mr. Levin (for himself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 37, United States Code, to lower the threshold required for the Secretary of Defense to make a temporary adjustment to a rate of the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services, and to make permanent the authority to make such adjustment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Service Member Housing Relief Act”.
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT TO A RATE OF THE BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES: LOWER THRESHOLD; PERMANENT AUTHORITY.
Section 403(b)(8) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “20 percent” and inserting “15 percent”; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (C). <all>
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