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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8455 

To direct the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to conduct 

a feasibility study develop a plan to carry out a program to construct 

facilities of covered military housing and to submit to the Committees 

on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

a report on such study, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2024 

Ms. JACOBS (for herself and Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to conduct a feasibility study develop a plan to 

carry out a program to construct facilities of covered 

military housing and to submit to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate a report on such study, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. FEASABILITY STUDY AND REPORT ON CON2 STRUCTION OF FACILITIES OF COVERED 

3 MULTI-UNITY MILITARY HOUSING AND PAR4 TIAL USE AS MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT 

5 CENTER. 

6 (a) FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT.— 

7 (1) STUDY.—The Secretaries of the military de8 partments concerned shall conduct a feasability 

9 study on— 

10 (A) the construction of one or more facili11 ties of covered multi-unit military housing in 

12 military housing areas specified in subsection 

13 (b); and 

14 (B) the partial use of a facility of covered 

15 multi-unit military housing in a military hous16 ing area specified in such subsection as a mili17 tary child development center. 

18 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secre20 taries of the military departments concerned shall 

21 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Senate a report 

23 that includes a summary of the findings of such 

24 study. 

25 (b) MILITARY HOUSING AREAS SPECIFIED.—The 

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1 tary housing areas for which the applicable rates of basic 

2 allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37, United 

3 States Code, are, on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

4 among the highest twenty-five percent of such applicable 

5 rates for all military housing areas located in the conti6 nental United States. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) The term ‘‘covered multi-unit military hous9 ing’’ means housing that is— 

10 (A) not Government-owned or Government11 controlled; 

12 (B) provided under subchapter IV of chap13 ter 169 of title 10, United States Code; and 

14 (C) contains more than one individual unit 

15 of housing. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘military child development cen17 ter’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

18 1800 of such title. 

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