S.Amdt. 772

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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