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Senate Bill 1980
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Military Housing Wait Times Accountability Act
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Introduced in Senate on Jun 14, 2023
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Introduced in Senate 
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S. 1980 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1980


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.

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

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

SEC. 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.