S.Amdt. 1985

SA 1985. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 C of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 622. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON
PRIVATE RELOCATION SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING A PERMANENT CHANGE OF
STATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report, in conjunction with work on such matter being
conducted by the Comptroller General as of the date of the
enactment of this Act, on the use of private sector
relocation services to assist members of the Armed Forces and
their families with locating and transitioning to off-base or
off-post housing in the course of a permanent change of
station (PCS).
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An identification of services, not currently available,
that would be useful to members of the Armed Forces in
undergoing

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a permanent change of station as described in subsection (a).
(2) An assessment whether private sector entities are
available, or would likely be available, to provide the
services described in paragraph (1) if the business
opportunity existed.
(3) An assessment of the projected cost, if any, to the
Department of Defense, members of the Armed Forces, or both
in obtaining the services described in paragraph (1) from
private sector entities for members of the Armed Forces
relocating during a permanent change of station as described
in subsection (a).
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