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National Guard Housing Equity Act

H.R. 1938 · 117th Congress · Mar 16, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that a member of a reserve component of a uniformed service, who performs active service for more than 30 consecutive days under multiple calls or orders to active service that specify periods of 30 days or less, is paid the same basic allowance for housing as a similarly situated member of a reserve component called or ordered to active service for a period of more than 30 days.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “National Guard Housing Equity Act”.

Sec. 2 Parity in basic allowance for housing for members of the reserve components who serve for more than 30 consecutive days under multiple calls or orders to active service

Section 403(g)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by inserting “(A)” before “The Secretary”; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a member of a reserve component, who performs active service for more than 30 consecutive days under multiple calls or orders to active service that specify periods of 30 days or less, shall be paid the same basic allowance for housing as a similarly situated member of a reserve component who is called or ordered to active service for a period of more than 30 days.”