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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 5253 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct certain studies relating |
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| 6 | 6 | | to members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air Force Base, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | AUGUST22, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | EEof Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct certain |
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| 15 | 15 | | studies relating to members of the Air Force assigned |
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| 16 | 16 | | to Creech Air Force Base, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Creech Airmen Eco-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | nomic Security and Resilience Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING ASSIGNMENT IN-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CENTIVE PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE AIR 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FORCE ASSIGNED TO CREECH AIR FORCE 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BASE. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | House of Representatives a report on the feasibility of 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | paying assignment incentive pay under section 307a of 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | title 37, United States Code, to members of the Air Force 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | assigned to Creech Air Force Base. The study shall in-11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | clude— 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) an assessment of the financial stress experi-13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | enced by such members, especially junior members 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | with families, associated with— 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) the daily commute to and from the 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | base; 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) the unique demands of the mission to 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | remotely pilot aircraft; and 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) limited access to essential services, in-20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cluding childcare, housing, and readily acces-21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | sible health care; and 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) the overall cost to the United States, and fi-23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | nancial relief provided by, such assignment incentive 24 |
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| 49 | 49 | | pay authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force in 25 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2008 for such members. 26 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SEC. 3. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONSULTATION REGARDING 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE ASSIGNED TO 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | CREECH AIR FORCE BASE. 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (a) C |
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| 58 | 58 | | ONSULTATION.—The Secretary of the Air 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Force, in coordination with the Director of the Defense 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Health Agency, shall conduct a behavioral health epide-6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | miological consultation on unique social and occupational 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | stressors affecting members of the Air Force assigned to 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Creech Air Force Base and dependents of such members. 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (b) R |
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| 65 | 65 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | House of Representatives a report that includes— 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) an executive summary of findings from con-14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | sultation; and 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (2) recommendations regarding how to address 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | key findings to improve the quality of life and resil-17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | iency of such members and dependents. 18 |
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