H.R. 8347 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8347 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2022Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To protect the cost-of-living allowance for a member of the Armed Forces assigned to a duty station located outside the United States, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Overseas Military Pay Protection Act of 2022. 2. OCONUS cost of living allowance: adjustments; notice to certain congressional committees (a) Adjustments (1) Reductions: limitation The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may not reduce the cost-of-living allowance for a member of the Armed Forces assigned to a duty station located outside the United States except in connection with a permanent change of station for such member. (2) Increases The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may increase the allowance described in paragraph (1) for a member of the Armed Forces at any time. (b) Notice to certain congressional committees The Secretary of Defense shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not less than 180 days before modifying a table used to calculate the living allowance described in subsection (a). (c) Briefing Not later than March 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding effects of this section on the allowance described in subsection (a). (d) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the following: (1) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (3) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (4) The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.