To require the Secretary of Defense to implement recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States relating to critical military housing supply and affordability.

SA 2952. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. 2827. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO CRITICAL MILITARY
HOUSING SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
implement each recommendation of the Comptroller General of
the United States contained in the report dated October 30,
2024, and entitled, ``Military Housing: DOD Should Address
Critical Supply and Affordability Challenges for Service
Members'' (GAO-25-106208), as those recommendations are
modified under subsection (b).
(b) Recommendations To Be Implemented.--In carrying out the
requirements under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense
shall implement the recommendations specified under such
subsection as follows:
(1) The Secretary shall--
(A) perform a structured analysis to develop a
comprehensive list of housing areas in which members of the
Armed Forces and their families may face the most critical
challenges in finding and affording private sector housing in
the community;
(B) in conducting the analysis under subparagraph (A),
consider the unique characteristics of a location, such as
vacation rental areas; and
(C) regularly update the list required under subparagraph
(A) not less frequently than once every two years.
(2) The Secretary shall obtain and use feedback on the
financial and quality-of-life effects of limited supply or
unaffordable housing on members of the Armed Forces, through
the status of forces survey and other service or
installation-specific feedback mechanisms.
(3) The Secretary shall, in coordination with the Secretary
of each military department--
(A) develop a plan for how the Department of Defense can
respond to and address the financial and quality-of-life
effects in housing areas identified under paragraph (1); and
(B) in developing the plan under subparagraph (A), examine
strategies for increasing housing supply or providing
alternative compensation to offset the effects of limited
supply or unaffordable housing in housing areas identified
under paragraph (1).
(4) The Secretary shall clarify, through the issuance of
guidance to the military departments, the role of the Office
of the Secretary of Defense in oversight of the Housing
Requirements and Market Analysis process of the military
departments to ensure that--
(A) the military departments conduct such process in a
timely manner; and
(B) the Secretary submits to Congress any plans or other
matters relating to such process for each fiscal year as
required by existing law.
(5) The Secretary shall ensure that the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment
provides updated guidance to the military departments on how
installations of the Department of Defense should coordinate
with local communities, including by clearly defining the
roles and responsibilities of commanders and military housing
offices of such installations in addressing housing needs.
(c) Non-implementation Reporting Requirement.--If the
Secretary of Defense elects not to implement a recommendation
specified under subsection (a), as modified under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall, not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report that includes a justification for
such election.
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