This bill adjusts the housing allowance for uniformed service members in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Specifically, the Department of Defense must provide to a service member serving in the U.S. Virgin Islands the basic housing allowance, rather than the overseas housing allowance.
Currently, a service member on duty in the U.S. Virgin Islands receives the overseas housing allowance, which is limited to cost reimbursement. By contrast, service members in the 50 states and the District of Columbia receive the basic housing allowance, which offers a fixed amount for each locality and grade/rank.
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the basic allowance 
    for housing for members of the uniformed services in the Virgin 
                                Islands.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING TO MEMBERS OF THE 
              UNIFORMED SERVICES IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``and the Virgin Islands'' 
        after ``the United States'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and the Virgin 
        Islands'' after ``the United States''; and
            (3) in paragraphs (2), (3)(A), and (6), by inserting ``or 
        the Virgin Islands'' after ``the United States'' each place it 
        appears.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 403(c) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``or the Virgin Islands'' 
        after ``the United States''; and
            (2) in paragraphs (1), (2), (3)(A)(i), and (3)(B), by 
        inserting ``or the Virgin Islands'' after ``the United States'' 
        each place it appears.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
payments under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, beginning 
on January 1, 2022.
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To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services in the Virgin Islands.
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services in the Virgin Islands.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services in the Virgin Islands.
Del. Plaskett, Stacey E.