To advance the current timetable for the elimination of out-of-pocket housing costs for members of the uniformed services entitled to the basic allowance for housing for military housing areas inside the United States.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to: (1) advance to September 30, 2003 (currently November 18, 2005) the deadline for the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to manage the growth rate of the basic allowance for housing for military housing areas inside the United States; and (2) require the Secretary, under such plan, to ensure that out-of-pocket housing costs for military personnel entitled to such allowance do not exceed 7.5 percent of housing costs by the end of FY 2002.…