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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5528 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5528

To require an updated assessment of the public schools on installations 
         of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL

 
To require an updated assessment of the public schools on installations 
         of the Department of Defense, 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. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT 
              OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Report Required.--
            (1) Update of assessment on school capacity and 
        condition.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
        the congressional defense committees an updated assessment of 
        the capacity and facility condition deficiencies of elementary 
        and secondary public schools on military installations 
        conducted by the Secretary in July 2011 under section 8109 of 
        the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing 
        Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 112-10; 125 Stat. 82), as 
        updated by the Secretary in July 2017 under section 2814 of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
        Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2717).
            (2) Consideration of factors.--In conducting the updated 
        assessment required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
        take into consideration factors including--
                    (A) schools that have had changes in their 
                condition or capacity since the updated assessment in 
                July 2017; and
                    (B) the capacity and facility condition 
                deficiencies of schools omitted from the updated 
                assessment in July 2017.
            (3) Additional information.--The Secretary shall include in 
        the updated assessment required under paragraph (1) a report on 
        the status of the funds already appropriated, and a schedule 
        for the completion of projects already approved, under the 
        programs funded under section 8127 of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 492), 
        section 8128 of the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and 
        Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and 
        Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-245; 123 
        Stat. 3029), section 8121 of the Consolidated Appropriations 
        Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-93; 133 Stat. 2365), section 8118 of 
        the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260; 
        134 Stat. 1332), and section 8109 of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103; 136 Stat. 201).
    (b) Updating Prohibition on Use of Certain Assessment of Public 
Schools on Department of Defense Installations To Supersede Funding of 
Certain Projects.--Paragraph (3) of section 2814(a) of the of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114-328; 130 Stat. 2717), as added by section 2818(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115- 91; 131 
Stat. 1852) and amended by section 2824(a) of the John S. McCain 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115-232; 132 Stat. 2269), is further amended by striking ``38 
projects'' and inserting ``71 projects''.
    (c) Comptroller General Evaluation.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the submission of the updated assessment under subsection 
(a)(1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees an evaluation of issues relating 
to the Public Schools on Military Installations program of the Office 
of Local Defense Community Cooperation of the Department of Defense, 
including--
            (1) program operations and oversight;
            (2) use of funding;
            (3) criteria for selecting and prioritizing schools;
            (4) any interaction between such program and the Impact Aid 
        program of the Department of Education; and
            (5) the extent to which such program is achieving the goals 
        of such program.
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