[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5241]
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SA 5749. Mr. WARNER 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. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION
OF CERTAIN STATUTORY PROVISIONS INTENDED TO
IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF RESIDENTS OF
PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING.
(a) Assessment Required.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct an independent assessment of the
implementation by the Department of Defense of sections 2890,
2891c(b), and 2894(c) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) Elements.--The assessment required under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) a summary and evaluation of the analysis and
information provided to residents of privatized military
housing regarding the assessment of performance indicators
pursuant to section 2891c(b) of title 10, United States Code,
and the extent to which such residents have requested such an
assessment;
(B) a summary of the extent to which the Department
collects and uses data on whether members of the Armed Forces
and their families residing in privatized military housing,
including family and unaccompanied housing, have exercised
the rights afforded in the Military Housing Privatization
Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights under subsection (a) of
section 2890 of title 10, United States Code, to include the
rights specified under paragraphs (8), (12), (13), (14), and
(15) of subsection (b) of such section, and an evaluation of
the implementation by each military department of such
section;
(C) an evaluation of the implementation by each military
department of section 2894(c) of title 10, United States
Code, including, with regard to paragraph (5) of such
section--
(i) the number of requests that have been resolved
favorably; and
(ii) the number of requests that have been resolved in
compliance within the required time period; and
(D) such other matters as the Comptroller General considers
necessary.
(b) Briefing and Report.--
(1) Briefing.--Not later than March 31, 2022, the
Comptroller General shall provide to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives an
interim briefing on the assessment conducted under subsection
(a).
(2) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report on the assessment conducted
under subsection (a).
(c) Privatized Military Housing Defined.--In this section,
the term ``privatized military housing'' means military
housing provided under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title
10, United States Code.
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