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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5298 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5298

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to transfer the authority to 
 operate certain transient housing of the Department of Defense to the 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and 
                              Environment.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 29, 2023

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to transfer the authority to 
 operate certain transient housing of the Department of Defense to the 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and 
                              Environment.

    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 Lodging Reform Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE CERTAIN TRANSIENT HOUSING OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRANSFERRED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
              OF DEFENSE FOR ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) Transfer of Authority.--
            (1) Assignment.--Paragraph (7) of section 138(b) of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``The Assistant Secretary is 
        responsible, subject to the authority, direction, and control 
        of the Secretary of Defense, for all matters relating to 
        lodging intended to be occupied by members of the Armed Forces 
        that require such lodging due to a temporary duty assignment or 
        a permanent change of station order.''.
            (2) Transfer.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
                Defense shall transfer each duty or responsibility 
                relating to covered transient housing to the Assistant 
                Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and 
                Environment.
                    (B) Certification.--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 certification that the transfer required 
                under subparagraph (A) has been completed.
            (3) Coordination on covered transient housing.--
                    (A) Army transient housing.--On matters relating to 
                covered transient housing of the Department of the 
                Army, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 
                Installations, and Environment shall coordinate with 
                the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, 
                Energy, and Environment.
                    (B) Navy transient housing.--On matters relating to 
                covered transient housing of the Department of the 
                Navy, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 
                Installations, and Environment shall coordinate with 
                the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, 
                Installations, and Environment).
                    (C) Air force transient housing.--On matters 
                relating to covered transient housing of the Department 
                of the Air Force, the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
                for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall 
                coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of the Air 
                Force for Energy, Installations and Environment.
    (b) References.--Any reference in law, regulation, guidance, 
instruction, or other document of the Federal Government to the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness with respect to 
covered transient housing shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment.
    (c) Covered Transient Housing Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered transient housing'' means lodging intended to be occupied by 
members of the Armed Forces that require such lodging due to--
            (1) a temporary duty assignment; or
            (2) a permanent change of station order.
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