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HR 5230 118th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Basic Allowance for Housing Calculation Improvement Act of 2023

Introduced: August 18, 2023 Introduced by: Bacon, Don Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Aug 18, 2023
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Basic Allowance for Housing Calculation Improvement Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to seek to enter into an agreement with an entity to calculate the monthly basic allowance for housing rates for members of the uniformed services in at least 15 military housing areas. Under the bill, the entity must be a nationally recognized entity in the field of single-family housing that has data on local rental rates in real estate markets across the United States. Additionally, the entity must use industry standard machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms in its calculations.

What's happening now August 18, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 8070 Related bill Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
  • HR 2670 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5230: Basic Allowance for Housing Calculation Improvement Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5230/
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"H.R. 5230: Basic Allowance for Housing Calculation Improvement Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5230/.
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H.R. 5230, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5230/.
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