S.Amdt. 4867

SA 4867. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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At the end of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 607. MODIFICATIONS TO CALCULATION OF BASIC HOUSING
ALLOWANCE FOR REMOTE OR ISOLATED AREAS.

(a) In General.--Section 403(b) of title 37, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(9) In the case of a military housing area determined by
the Secretary of Defense to be remote or isolated, the
Secretary shall determine the costs of adequate housing under
paragraph (2) based on the higher of the median or the mean
rent in that area.''.
(b) Absorption Rate for Out-of-pocket Expenses.--Paragraph
(3) of such section is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(C) In the case of a military housing area determined by
the Secretary of Defense to be remote or isolated, the
percentage to be used for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)
shall be zero percent for months occurring after 2021.''.
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