[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5028]
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  SA 5638. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Bennet, and 
Mr. Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. STUDY AND REPORT ON BARRIERS TO HOME OWNERSHIP FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into 
     an agreement with a federally funded research and development 
     center or nonprofit entity to conduct a study on the barriers 
     to home ownership for members of the Armed Forces. At the 
     conclusion of such study, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report containing the following elements:
       (1) Potential barriers to home ownership, including down 
     payments, concerns about home maintenance, and challenges in 
     selling a home.
       (2) The percentage of members who use the basic allowance 
     for housing under section 403 of title 37, United States 
     Code, to pay for a mortgage, disaggregated by Armed Force, 
     rank, and military housing area.
       (3) Any identified differences in home ownership rates 
     among members correlated with race or gender.
       (4) What percentage of members own a home before they 
     separate from the Armed Forces.
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