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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2453 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the impact |
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| 6 | 6 | | of military construction projects and facilities sustainment, restoration, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and modernization projects on members of the Armed Forces and their |
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| 8 | 8 | | dependents, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JULY20, 2023 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ORNYNintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study |
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| 16 | 16 | | on the impact of military construction projects and facili- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ties sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects |
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| 18 | 18 | | on members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armed Forces Facility 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Conditions and Quality of Life Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 2453 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. STUDY ON IMPACT ON MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | FORCES AND DEPENDENTS OF CONSTRUC-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TION PROJECTS THAT AFFECT QUALITY OF 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | LIFE. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | conduct a study, through the use of an independent and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | objective organization outside the Department of Defense, 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | on the correlation between military construction projects 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | projects at installations of the Department of Defense that 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | affect the quality of life of members of the Armed Forces 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and their dependents and the following: 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) Retention of members of the Armed Forces 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | on active duty. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) Physical health of members of the Armed 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Forces, including an identification of whether the 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | age, condition, and deferred maintenance of a dor-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | mitory or barracks is in any way related to the fre-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | quency of sexual assaults and other crimes at instal-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | lations of the Department. 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) Mental health of members of the Armed 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Forces. 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) R |
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| 52 | 52 | | EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-26 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •S 2453 IS |
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| 59 | 59 | | resentatives a report on the study conducted under sub-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | section (a). 2 |
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