Pub. L. 100-463, tit. VIII, sec. 8124

Sec. 8124. (a) If a reduction in variable housing allowance (VHA) rates was required subsequent to January 1, 1988, to comply with section 8047 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988, a member of the uniformed services who received reduced rates and who, on the effective date of this Act, is still a member of the uniformed services, shall be paid the difference between the VHA rate as reduced subsequent to January 1, 1988, and the VHA rate to which the member would have been entitled under the rates established on January 1, 1988: Provided, That such payments shall be made from appropriations provided by this Act. (b) None of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense by this or any other Act for fiscal year 1989 shall be available to pay the variable housing allowance authorized members of the uni-formed services under section 403a of title 37, United States Code, and the payments authorized by subsection (a) of this section in a total amount in excess of $1,220,000,000: Provided, That any reduction in the rates of the variable housing allowance necessitated by the foregoing limitation shall be made as provided in section 403a of title 37, United States Code.