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S 1956 99th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Civil service compensation Federal employees Federal employees and officials Housing and Housing Finance Housing finance Housing subsidies Military dependents Military housing Military pay

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize temporary family housing for certain dependents of deceased members of the Armed Forces; and to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize temporary payment of an allowance for quarters for certain dependents of deceased members of the uniformed services.

Introduced: December 17, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Dec 18, 1985
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 18, 1985
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 18, 1985
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Dec 17, 1985
Introduced in the Senate and read twice and held at the desk by unanimous consent.
Dec 17, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal employee allowances provisions to authorize the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation in the case of the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy, to allow dependents of a member of the armed forces who dies in the line of duty who are occupying federally-owned family housing on a nonrental basis to continue to occupy such housing without charge for a period of 60 days following the member's death.

Amends Federal provisions concerning the military basic allowances for quarters (BAQ) to authorize the Secretary concerned to pay a BAQ to dependents of a member of the armed forces who dies in the line of duty who are either not occupying military family housing or are occupying such housing on a rental basis at the time of the member's death. Terminates such payment 60 days after the date of the member's death.

What's happening now December 18, 1985

Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.