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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.

Introduced Jun 20, 2025

Latest action (Jun 20, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
DefenseHousing

Summary
  • Lowers the threshold required for the Secretary of Defense to adjust basic allowance for housing rates from 20 percent to 15 percent.
  • Makes permanent the Secretary of Defense's authority to make basic allowance for housing rate adjustments by removing a time limitation.

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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  2. Jun 20, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5208 — To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income for purposes of the basic needs allowance for eligible members of the Armed Forces. · Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HR 3720 — HOME Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 5132 — Healthy Servicemembers Act · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 3356 — Service Member Residence Protection Act · Introduced May 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 308 — Low Income Housing for Defense Communities Act · Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 1122 — BAH Restoration Act · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jun 20, 2025

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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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