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 110 STAT. 548 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 " § 2880. Unit size and type "(a) CONFORMITY WITH SIMILAR HOUSING UNITS IN LOCALE.— The Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing units and military unaccompanied housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter are generally comparable to the room patterns and floor areas of similar housing units in the locality concerned. " (b) INAPPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON SPACE BY PAY GRADE.—(1) Section 2826 of this title shall not apply to military family housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter. "(2) The regulations prescribed under section 2856 of this title shall not apply to any military unaccompanied housing unit acquired or constructed under this subchapter unless the unit is located on a military installation. "§ 2881. Ancillary supporting facilities "Any project for the acquisition or construction of military family housing units or military unaccompanied housing units under this subchapter may include the acquisition or construction of ancillary supporting facilities for the housing units concerned. ^§ 2882. Assignment of members of the armed forces to housing units "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary concerned may assign members of the armed forces to housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter. " (b) EFFECT OF CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS ON ENTITLEMENT TO HOUSING ALLOWANCES. — (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), housing referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered as quarters of the United States or a housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service for purposes of section 403(b) of title 37. "(2) A member of the armed forces who is assigned in accordance with subsection (a) to a housing unit not owned or leased by the United States shall be entitled to a basic allowance for quarters under section 403 of title 37 and, if in a high housing cost area, a variable housing allowance under section 403a of that title. "(c) LEASE PAYMENTS THROUGH PAY ALLOTMENTS. — The Secretary concerned may require members of the armed forces who lease housing in housing units acquired or constructed under this subchapter to make lease payments for such housing pursuant to allotments of the pay of such members under section 701 of title 37. "§ 2883. Department of Defense Housing Funds "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—T here are hereby established on the books of the Treasury the following accounts: "(1) The Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund. "(2) The Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund. " (b) COMMINGLING OF FUNDS PROHIBITED.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall administer each Fund separately. "(2) Amounts in the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund may be used only to carry out activities under this subchapter with respect to military family housing.

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