PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985 "(i) the monthly basic allowance for quarters to which the member is entitled; and "(ii) the monthly variable housing allowance prescribed for the same grade as such member for the area in which the member is assigned to duty (or in the area in which the dependents of the member reside, as appropriate).". (d) REQUIRED REGULATIONS.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by— (1) inserting "(1)" before "The President"; and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) Any regpulations prescribed under paragraph (1) may not allow— "(A) an increase in the variable housing allowance rate for a pay grade in a survey area solely to prevent the variable housing allowance rate for a lower pay grade in the survey area from exceeding such rate; or "(B) a failure to lower the variable housing allowance rate for a pay grade in a survey area in accordance with a decrease in housing costs for such pay grade in such area reported on the variable housing allowance survey. "(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to regulations prescribed with respect to any pay grade in a survey area for which available data describe fewer than 50 persons in the pay grade.". (e) SAVINGS PROVISION.^—A member described in paragraph (4) of section 403a(a) of title 37, United States Oxie, as added by subsection (a), who on September 30, 1985, is receiving variable housing allowance at the rate applicable to a member with dependents shall continue to be entitled to variable housing allowance at the appropriate rate applicable to a member with dependents until the member departs his duty station as a result of a permanent change of station. (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (d) shall take effect on October 1, 1985. (2) The amendments made by subsection (c)(1) shall apply as if included in the enactment of section 403a of title 37, United States Code, by section 602(d) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525). (3) The amendment made by subsection (c)(2) shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning 90 days or more after the date of the enactment of this Act.
99 STAT. 637
37 USC 403a.
37 USC 403a note. '^"^^' P ^^"
37 USC 403a note. 98 Stat. 2534.
SEC. 603. PAYMENT OF VARIABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN ALASKA AND HAWAII (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF STATION HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN ALASKA AND HAWAII DURING FISCAL YEAR 1985.—
Section 8108 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in section 101(h) of Public Law 98-473 (98 Stat. 1943)), is repealed. 0>) CONFORBdING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO V H A T R A N S I -
TION PROVISION.—Paragraph (2) of section 602(f) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525; 98 Stat. 2537), is amended to read as follows: "(2)(A) A member shall be entitled to receive a station housing allowance under section 405 of title 37, United States Code, as if the amendments made by subsection (e) had not been enacted, if the member, on the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986—
37 USC 403a
note.
98 Stat. 2536. Ante, p. 583.
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