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Senate Bill 1512
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Rural Servicemembers Support Act of 2019
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Introduced in Senate on May 16, 2019
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S. 1512 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1512


To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the designation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments of installations of the Department of Defense as “remote” or “isolated”, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 16, 2019

Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the designation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments of installations of the Department of Defense as “remote” or “isolated”, and for other purposes.

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 “Rural Servicemembers Support Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. Study on installations of the Department of Defense that are designated as remote or isolated.

(a) In general.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the designation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments of installations of the Department of Defense as “remote” or “isolated”.

(b) Elements of study.—The study conducted under subsection (a) shall—

(1) identify—

(A) the various definitions within the Department of Defense of remote and isolated installations;

(B) who establishes those definitions; and

(C) the criteria to meet those definitions;

(2) assess the uses by the Department of the remote or isolated designation for an installation; and

(3) review—

(A) the range of services available at remote installations;

(B) how those services differ between the military departments; and

(C) the process used to determine whether those services meet the needs of members of the Armed Forces at those installations.

(c) Report.—Not later than January 30, 2020, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress, at a minimum, the initial findings for the study conducted under subsection (a).