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On the recordSeptember 30, 1976
This action takes a positive step toward improving the current relationship of the quarters allowance to the costs of off-post housing and government quarters on post.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate on Basic Allowances for Quarters for Members of the...

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