ELECTION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR QUARTERS INSTEAD OF ASSIGNMENT TO INADEQUATE QUARTERS.

SEC. 603. ELECTION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR QUARTERS INSTEAD OF ASSIGNMENT TO INADEQUATE QUARTERS. (a) Election Authorized.— Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(b)”; (2) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2) and, as so designated, by striking out “However, subject” and inserting in lieu thereof “Subject”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) A member without dependents who is in pay grade E— 6 and who is assigned to quarters of the United States that do not meet the minimum adequacy standards established by the Department of Defense for members in such pay grade, or to a housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service that does not meet such standards, may elect not to occupy such quarters or facility and instead to receive the basic allowance for quarters prescribed for the member’s pay grade by this section.”. 110 STAT. 358 (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on July 1, 1996.