[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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