[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2873]
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  SA 772. Mr. HEINRICH 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 F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 359. CONSIDERATION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AT REMOTE OR 
                   ISOLATED INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     collaboration with the Secretary of each military department 
     and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, shall--
       (1) develop a policy for designating installations of the 
     Department of Defense in the United States as remote or 
     isolated that includes a process for considering health care, 
     housing, and other support services for members of the Armed 
     Forces and their dependents; and
       (2) systematically assess the risk associated with not 
     having needed support services for members of the Armed 
     Forces and their dependents stationed in remote or isolated 
     areas and develop strategies to provide such services.
       (b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a briefing on the implementation of 
     the requirements under subsection (a).
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a report on the implementation of 
     the requirements under subsection (a).
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