109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3186
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to exclude
amounts received as a military basic housing allowance from consideration
as income for purposes of eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing
programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 30, 2005
Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. NEY, Mr. JONES
of North Carolina, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. REYES, Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. TIBERI) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to exclude
amounts received as a military basic housing allowance from consideration
as income for purposes of eligibility for federally assisted low-income housing
programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Build Houses for Our Military's Enlisted Servicemembers
Act' or the `Build HOMES Act'.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY
FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROGRAMS.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act is amended by inserting
after section 12 (42 U.S.C. 3537a) the following new section:
`SEC. 13. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS FROM INCOME.
`Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts received by a member
of the Armed Forces under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as
a basic allowance for housing shall not be treated as income for purposes
of determining, for purposes of any program of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development or any other agency of the Federal Government for housing
assistance (including any program for grants, loans, subsidies, advances,
guarantees, credits, or other financial assistance), the eligibility of the
member or the member's family, or a dependent of the member or such dependent's
family, for--
`(1) assistance under such program; or
`(2) occupancy in any dwelling unit in any building or project for which
assistance under such program is provided.'.
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