LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS IN VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE

SEC. 602. LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS IN VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE (a) Limitation.—Section 403a(c)(2) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period the following: “, except that the monthly amount of a variable housing allowance for a member may not be reduced to the extent that the total of basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, basic allowance for subsistence, and variable housing allowance of the member is reduced, as a result of such a reduction, below the monthly total of those items for the month preceding the effective date of the most recent increase in the rate of basic pay of the member”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1990.