,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcfj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #h       
7legislative day1 ,june #g71 #bjbb,mr4  
,ossoff 7for himself and ,mr4 ,rubio7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #cg1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to extend the authority  
to temporarily adjust the basic         
allowance for housing in certain areas4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,military ,housing              
,affordability ,act of #bjbb4  #b4      
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,in ,april #bjbb1 the    
median price for existing home sales    
increased #ad4h percent from the        
previous year and #bjba saw             
year-over-year median price increases as
 high as #bc4f percent1 according to    
data from the ,national ,association of 
,realtors4  7#b7 ,the ,military ,times1 
in ,july #bjba1 reported1 ,a number of  

service members are being forced to pay 
hundreds of dollars more in rent per    
month than their housing allowance      
covers44  7#c7 ,in ,september #bjba1 the
 ,department of ,defense exercised its  
authority to temporarily adjust basic   
allowance for housing rates in #ef      
housing markets for members of the      
uniformed services who incurred         
increased housing costs above their     
current basic allowance for housing     
rate1 in order to help ease the         
financial burden of rising housing costs
 facing ,service members moving to new  
duty stations or signing new leases4    
7#d7 ,in ,november #bjba1 the ,secretary
 of ,defense approved a temporary basic 
allowance for housing increase for      
members in locations where rental prices
 rose at least #aj percent in #bjba4    
7#e7 ,the ,secretary of ,defense's      
authority to temporarily adjust basic   
allowance for housing rates in a        
military housing area1 if the actual    
costs of adequate housing for civilians 

in that military housing area differs   
from the basic allowance for housing    
rate by more than #bj percent1 is set to
 expire on ,september #cj1 #bjbb4  #c4  
,extension of authority to temporarily  
adjust basic allowance for housing in   
certain areas ,section #djc7;b7 of title
 #cg1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by striking #bjbb both places it appears
 and inserting #bjbd4