[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5029-S5030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5642. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Boozman) 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.

[[Page S5030]]

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 A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 606. REVIEW OF DISLOCATION AND RELOCATION ALLOWANCES.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report--
       (1) reviewing the adequacy of the amounts of dislocation 
     and relocation allowances paid under section 452 of title 37, 
     United States Code, to members of the uniformed services in 
     connection with changes in such members' temporary or 
     permanent duty assignment locations, taking into 
     consideration the rising costs of moving, challenges in the 
     housing market, and other expenses incurred by such members;
       (2) assessing the effects of delays in the issuance of 
     orders relating to changes to temporary or permanent duty 
     assignment locations on the timing of dislocation and 
     relocation allowances paid to members of the uniformed 
     services;
       (3) assessing the feasibility and advisability of paying 
     dislocation or relocation allowances to members of the 
     uniformed services who are permanently assigned from one unit 
     to another with no change of permanent duty station when the 
     units are within the same metropolitan area; and
       (4) making recommendations with respect to the matters 
     described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
                                 ______