By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America under Section 403 of Title 37 of the United States Code and under Section 4 of the Military Personnel and Compensation Amendments of 1980, and in order to provide for the implementation of a variable housing allowance, Section 403 of Executive Order No. 11157, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following new subsections (c) and (d):
"(c) For purposes of Section 403 of Title 37 of the United States Code, a member shall be deemed to be living in a "high housing cost area" whenever the average monthly cost of housing, including utilities, for housing appropriate for the member's grade, exceeds 115 percent of the amount of the basic allowance for quarters of that member."
"(d) During fiscal year 1981, members may be paid a variable housing allowance as permitted by Section 4(c) of the Military Personnel and Compensation Amendments of 1980 (94 Stat. 1125; Public Law 96-343; 37 U.S.C. 403 note); a member shall be deemed to be living in a "high housing cost area" whenever the estimated average monthly cost of housing, including utilities, appropriate for the member's grade, exceeds 115 percent of the amount of the basic allowance for quarters of that member.".
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
October 3, 1980.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:34 p.m., October 3, 1980]
Jimmy Carter, Executive Order 12243—Variable Housing Allowance Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/252092