S.Amdt. 2199

SA 2199. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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:

At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 605. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING: AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--For fiscal year 2025, there is authorized
to be appropriated $1,200,000,000 for the purpose of fully
funding the basic allowance for housing for members of the
uniformed services under section 403 of title 37, United
States Code.
(b) Offsets.--
(1) Unobligated balances of military personnel
appropriations.--Of the unobligated balances of military
personnel appropriations specified in section 4401,
$462,400,000 shall be available to offset the cost of the
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a).
(2) Undistributed amounts for operation and maintenance,
defense-wide.--Of the undistributed amounts for operation and
maintenance, Defense-wide, specified in section 4301,
$737,600,000 shall be available to offset the cost of the
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a).
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