MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS IN VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE

SEC. 602. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS IN VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE Section 403a of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking out “, except that the monthly amount” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) The monthly rate of a variable housing allowance for members of the uniformed services in the same pay grade and dependency status in an area may not be reduced pursuant to subsection (c)(2), a redetermination of median monthly costs of housing under that subsection, or any other law to the extent that the total amount of monthly basic pay, basic allowance for quarters, basic allowance for subsistence, and variable housing allowance for that grade and status is reduced, as a result of such a reduction in variable housing allowance, below the monthly total of those items of pay and allowances for the month preceding the effective date of the most recent increase in the rate of basic pay for that grade.”.