Bill > HR8347

This bill, the Overseas Military Pay Protection Act of 2022, aims to protect the cost-of-living allowance for members of the Armed Forces assigned to duty stations located outside the United States. The key provisions include: 1. Limiting the ability of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to reduce the cost-of-living allowance, except in connection with a permanent change of station for the member. 2. Allowing the Secretaries to increase the allowance at any time. 3. Requiring the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees at least 180 days before modifying the table used to calculate the living allowance. 4. Requiring the Secretary of Defense to brief the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services by March 1, 2023, on the effects of this section on the allowance. The bill is designed to ensure that members of the Armed Forces stationed abroad are adequately compensated for the higher costs of living at their duty stations.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8347/all-info