[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2453 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2453

To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the impact of 
military construction projects and facilities sustainment, restoration, 
  and modernization projects on members of the Armed Forces and their 
                  dependents, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the impact of 
military construction projects and facilities sustainment, restoration, 
  and modernization projects on members of the Armed Forces and their 
                  dependents, 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 ``Armed Forces Facility Conditions and 
Quality of Life Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON IMPACT ON MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPENDENTS 
              OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT AFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study, 
through the use of an independent and objective organization outside 
the Department of Defense, on the correlation between military 
construction projects and facilities sustainment, restoration, and 
modernization projects at installations of the Department of Defense 
that affect the quality of life of members of the Armed Forces and 
their dependents and the following:
            (1) Retention of members of the Armed Forces on active 
        duty.
            (2) Physical health of members of the Armed Forces, 
        including an identification of whether the age, condition, and 
        deferred maintenance of a dormitory or barracks is in any way 
        related to the frequency of sexual assaults and other crimes at 
        installations of the Department.
            (3) Mental health of members of the Armed Forces.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on the study conducted under 
subsection (a).
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