PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 357 duty station. The Secretary concerned shall achieve the percentage limitation specified in this paragraph as soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, but in no case later than September 30, 1996.". (b) STYLISTIC AMENDMENTS. —Such subsection is further amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C); (2) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; (3) by designating the text composed of the second, third, and fourth sentences as paragraph (2); and (4) by designating the text composed of the fifth and sixth sentences as paragraph (3). (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (e) of such section is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out "the third sentence of subsection (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (b)(2)"; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out "subsection (b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (b)(2)". (2) Section 1012 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the last sentence of section 402(b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 402(b)(3)". (d) REPORT REQUIRED. —Not later than March 31, 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report identifying, for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps— (1) the number of members who reside without dependents in Government quarters at their permanent duty stations and receive a basic allowance for subsistence under section 402 of title 37, United States Code; (2) such number as a percentage of the total number of members who reside without dependents in Government quarters; (3) a recommended maximum percentage of the members residing without dependents in Government quarters at their permanent duty station who should receive a basic allowance for subsistence; and (4) the reasons such maximum percentage is recommended. SEC. 603. ELECTION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR QUARTERS INSTEAD OF ASSIGNMENT TO INADEQUATE QUARTERS. (a) ELECTION AUTHORIZED.— Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; (2) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2) and, as so designated, by striking out "However, subject" and inserting in lieu thereof "Subject"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) A member without dependents who is in pay grade E- 6 and who is assigned to quarters of the United States that do not meet the minimum adequacy standards established by the Department of Defense for members in such pay grade, or to a housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service that does not meet such standards, may elect not to occupy such quarters or facility and instead to receive the basic allowance for quarters prescribed for the member's pay grade by this section.".
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