[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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