[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2749]
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  SA 655. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2882. STUDY ON IMPACT ON MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   DEPENDENTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT AFFECT 
                   QUALITY OF LIFE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     study, through the use of an independent and objective 
     organization outside the Department of Defense, on the 
     correlation between military construction projects and 
     facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization 
     projects at installations of the Department of Defense that 
     affect the quality of life of members of the Armed Forces and 
     their dependents and the following:
       (1) Retention of members of the Armed Forces on active 
     duty.
       (2) Physical health of members of the Armed Forces, 
     including an identification of whether the age, condition, 
     and deferred maintenance of a dormitory or barracks is in any 
     way related to the frequency of sexual assaults and other 
     crimes at installations of the Department.
       (3) Mental health of members of the Armed Forces.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on 
     the study conducted under subsection (a).
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