Pub. L. 109-148, div. B, tit. I, ch. 2, sec. 203

Sec. 203. Notwithstanding 37 U.S.C. 403(b), the Secretary of Defense may prescribe a temporary adjustment in the geographic location rates of the basic allowance for housing in a military housing area located within an area declared a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) resulting from hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005.(1) Such temporary adjustment shall be based upon the Secretary’s redetermination of housing costs in an affected area and at a rate that shall not exceed 20 percent of the current rate for an affected area.(2) Members in an affected military housing area must certify that an increased housing cost above the current rate 119 STAT. 2761 for an affected area has been incurred in order to be eligible for the temporary rate adjustment.(3) No temporary adjustment may be made after September 30, 2006. No assistance provided to individual households under this heading may extend beyond January 1, 2007. Further, the Secretary is authorized to reduce or eliminate any temporary adjustment granted under paragraph (1) prior to such date as appropriate.