[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5075]
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  SA 5690. Mr. OSSOFF 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 B of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2825. HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES ON 
                   HOUSING WAITLISTS.

       (a) Waitlist Accommodations.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall provide to members of the Armed Forces and their 
     dependents who, when undergoing a permanent change of 
     station, are placed on a waitlist for on-base housing for a 
     period of more than 10 days following the date of arrival at 
     the new location, temporary accommodations for the entire 
     duration of such period appropriate for the total size and 
     composition of the family of the member and at a rate not to 
     exceed the basic allowance for housing calculated for such 
     member under section 403 of title 37, United States Code.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report containing--
       (1) installation-specific data on the number of members of 
     the Armed Forces and their dependents on military housing 
     waitlists;
       (2) an identification of the time spent by each such member 
     and their dependents awaiting appropriate housing 
     accommodations;
       (3) an analysis of the factors that are creating the need 
     for such waitlists; and
       (4) an assessment of the causes of waitlist durations that 
     exceed 10 days.
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