[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5748. 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. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
                   RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING MILITARY HOUSING.

       (a) Basic Allowance for Housing.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall ensure that the Military Compensation Policy 
     directorate within the Office of the Deputy Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy, in 
     coordination with each military department, not later than 
     one year after the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (1) assesses the process of the Department of Defense for 
     collecting rental property data to determine ways to increase 
     the sample size of current representative data and ensure 
     sample size targets are met;
       (2) reviews and updates guidance for basic allowance for 
     housing under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, to 
     ensure that information about the rate-setting process for 
     such allowance, including its sampling methodology and use of 
     minimum sample size targets, is accurately and fully 
     reflected in such guidance; and
       (3) establishes and implements a process for consistently 
     monitoring anchor points, the interpolation table, external 
     alternative data, and any indications of potential bias by 
     using quality information to set rates for such allowance and 
     ensuring timely remediation of any identified deficiencies.
       (b) Work Order Data for Privatized Military Housing.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, not later than one year 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (1) requires the military departments to establish a 
     process to validate data collected by privatized military 
     housing partners to better ensure the reliability and 
     validity of work order data and to allow for more effective 
     use of such data for monitoring and tracking purposes; and
       (2) provides in future reports to Congress additional 
     explanation of such work order data collected and reported, 
     such as explaining the limitations of available survey data, 
     how resident satisfaction was calculated, and reasons for any 
     missing data.
       (c) Finances for Privatized Military Housing Projects.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and 
     Environment, not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act--
       (1) takes steps to resume issuing required reports to 
     Congress on the financial condition of privatized military 
     housing in a timely manner;
       (2) reports financial information on future sustainment of 
     each privatized military housing project in its reports to 
     Congress;
       (3) provides guidance directing the military departments to 
     assess the significance of the specific risks to individual 
     privatized military housing projects resulting from reduction 
     in the basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 
     37, United States Code, and identify courses of action to 
     respond to any risks based on the significance of such risks; 
     and
       (4) revises its guidance on privatized military housing to 
     require the military departments to define their risk 
     tolerances regarding the future sustainability of their 
     privatized military housing projects.
       (d) 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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