[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5922. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 606. REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report--
       (1) reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of the cost-
     of-living allowance paid under section 403b of title 37, 
     United States Code, to members of the uniformed services 
     living in high cost areas in the continental United States, 
     taking into consideration--
       (A) the rising costs of non-housing-related expenses, such 
     as utilities, childcare, and other expenses incurred by such 
     members; and
       (B) units in living areas known to be high cost that may 
     not otherwise be identified as meeting the current 
     qualifications for the cost-of-living allowance;
       (2) assessing--
       (A) the methods the Secretary of Defense uses to determine 
     the appropriate price index to use as the basis for 
     determining the amount of the cost-of-living allowance; and
       (B) whether or not those methods should be changed 
     periodically to adjust for periods of inflation;
       (3) reviewing the feasibility of the 8 percent threshold 
     requirement under subsection (c) of section 403b of title 37, 
     United States Code, to determine if adjustments should be 
     made to that threshold in order to accurately capture 
     additional high cost areas; and
       (4) making recommendations with respect to the matters 
     described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
                                 ______