S.Amdt. 4214

SA 4214. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 B of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2815. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON MANAGEMENT BY
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF MILITARY HOUSING IN
AREAS WITH LIMITED AVAILABLE HOUSING FOR
PRIVATE CITIZENS.

(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study on the management by the
Department of Defense of privatized military housing and
military housing owned by the Department in areas with
limited available housing for private citizens.
(b) Elements.--In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Comptroller General shall assess the following:
(1) The extent to which the Department--
(A) tracks the availability of private sector housing in
areas surrounding installations of the Department;
(B) identifies the percentage of members of the Armed
Forces at installations of the Department who choose to
reside in private sector housing; and
(C) assesses the impact of the population identified under
subparagraph (B) on the housing supply in the areas in which
they reside.
(2) How the Department coordinates and communicates with
local communities surrounding installations of the Department
regarding the potential impact of the military population on
housing supply.
(3) The process of the Department for determining when to
establish new privatized housing projects under subchapter IV
of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, including the
extent to which the Department has identified surplus land on
installations of the Department and determined the
feasibility and advisability of using such land for the
development of additional housing units for members of the
Armed Forces.
(c) Housing Areas.--In conducting the study under
subsection (a), the Comptroller General may focus such study
on the management of military housing in certain geographical
areas.
(d) Briefing and Report.--
(1) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives an interim briefing on the study
conducted under subsection (a), including any preliminary
observations..
(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report on the study conducted
under subsection (a).
(e) Privatized Military Housing Defined.--In this section,
the term ``privatized military housing'' means military
housing provided under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title
10, United States Code.
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