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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 2296 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 601

Sec. 601. Modifications to calculation of basic allowance for subsistence for enlisted members

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Section 402 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraph (1): The monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence to be in effect for an enlisted member for a year (beginning on January 1 of that year) shall be— except as provided by clause (ii), equal to the monthly cost of a liberal food plan for a male in the United States who is between 19 and 50 years of age, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture each October 1; and in the case of such a member who is subject to monthly deduction from pay for meals under section 1011(b) of this title, the amount computed under clause
(i)reduced by the amount of such deduction from pay, in accordance with policies prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. The monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence to be in effect for an enlisted member for a year under subparagraph (A)(i) may not decrease relative to the rate in effect for the preceding year. ; and by striking paragraph (3); and in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) .
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