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HR1956Referred to Committee

BAH Restoration Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-06
Introduced
36
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Marilyn Strickland
Marilyn Strickland
Democrat · WA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.8% (595 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001159

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (36)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

36 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

2025-03-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2025-03-06

Plain-English Summary

BAH Restoration Act This bill increases the monthly amount of the basic housing allowance for members of the uniformed services inside the United States. Specifically, the monthly amount of allowance for a member must be the amount of the monthly cost of adequate housing in the area, as determined by the Department of Defense, for members of the uniformed services serving in the same pay grade and same dependency status as the member. (Currently, the allowance is based on the difference between this amount and a percentage of the national average monthly cost of housing for members with the same pay grade and dependency status.)

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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