Pub. L. 92-545, tit. V, sec. 508

Sec. 508. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, members of the uniformed services (as defined in section 101(3) of title 37, United States (Code), with dependents, may occupy on a rental basis, without loss of basic allowance for quarters, inadequate quarters under the jurisdiction of a military department notwithstanding that such quarters may have been con-86 Stat. 1150structed or converted for assignment as public quarters, subject to a charge against their basic allowance for quarters in the amount of the fair rental value of the housing facility: Provided, That notwithstanding the fair rental value of such family housing facility, no charge for occupancy thereof shall be made against the basic allowance for quarters of the occupant in excess of 75 per centum of such allowance, except that in no event shall the total charge to the occupants’ basic allowance for quarters for such housing at any installation be less than the cost of maintenance and operation thereof. The net difference between the basic allowance for quarters and the occupancy charge shall be paid to the occupant from otherwise available appropriations. (b) The Secretaries of the Military Departments are each authorized, subject to regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense— (1) to designate as rental housing such housing as he may determine to be inadequate as public quarters; and, (2) to lease inadequate housing to personnel of any of the mentioned services for occupancy by them and their dependents. In no event shall more than a total of 20,000 housing units be determined inadequate as public quarters under authority of this section. (c) On the effective date of this section, section 407 of Public Law 85–241 (71 Stat. 556), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1594j), is repealed.