S.Amdt. 655

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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