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S. 1980Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Military Housing Wait Times Accountability Act

Sponsored by Jon OssoffSen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Introduced June 14, 2023

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The Military Housing Wait Times Accountability Act requires the Secretary of Defense to give temporary housing to service members and their families who are on a military housing waitlist for more than ten days after arriving at a new duty station. It also mandates a detailed report to congressional defense committees on waitlist numbers, how long families wait, and why the delays occur.

Key Provisions

  • The Secretary must provide temporary accommodations for families on a housing waitlist longer than ten days, sized for the family and costing no more than the member’s basic housing allowance.
  • Within 180 days of the law’s enactment, the Secretary must deliver a report to defense committees that includes installation‑specific waitlist counts, the duration each family waited, an analysis of factors creating the waitlists, and an assessment of why some waits exceed ten days.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 14, 2023

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 14, 2023

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 14, 2023

II

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1980

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 14, 2023

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Defense to provide housing accommodations for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents who are on military housing waitlists.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Military Housing Wait Times Accountability Act.

2.

Housing accommodations for military families on housing waitlists

(a)

Waitlist accommodations

The Secretary of Defense shall provide to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents who, when undergoing a permanent change of station, are placed on a waitlist for on-base housing for a period of more than 10 days following the date of arrival at the new location, temporary accommodations for the entire duration of such period appropriate for the total size and composition of the family of the member and at a rate not to exceed the basic allowance for housing calculated for such member under section 403 of title 37, United States Code.

(b)

Report

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing—

(1)

installation-specific data on the number of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents on military housing waitlists;

(2)

an identification of the time spent by each such member and their dependents awaiting appropriate housing accommodations;

(3)

an analysis of the factors that are creating the need for such waitlists; and

(4)

an assessment of the causes of waitlist durations that exceed 10 days.