S.Amdt. 384

SA 384. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2020 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 XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2826. STUDY ON INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS REMOTE OR
ISOLATED.

(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study on the designation by the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military
departments of installations of the Department of Defense as
``remote'' or ``isolated''.
(b) Elements of Study.--The study conducted under
subsection (a) shall--
(1) identify--
(A) the various definitions within the Department of
Defense of remote and isolated installations;
(B) who establishes those definitions; and
(C) the criteria to meet those definitions;
(2) assess the uses by the Department of the remote or
isolated designation for an installation; and
(3) review--
(A) the range of services available at remote
installations;
(B) how those services differ between the military
departments; and
(C) the process used to determine whether those services
meet the needs of members of the Armed Forces at those
installations.
(c) Report.--Not later than January 30, 2020, the
Comptroller General shall submit to Congress, at a minimum,
the initial findings for the study conducted under subsection
(a).
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