Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rural Servicemembers Support Act of 2019”.
Rural Servicemembers Support Act of 2019
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.
Sec. 2 Study on installations of the Department of Defense that are designated as remote or isolated
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”.
Elements of study— The study conducted under subsection (a) shall—
identify—
the various definitions within the Department of Defense of remote and isolated installations;
who establishes those definitions; and
the criteria to meet those definitions;
assess the uses by the Department of the remote or isolated designation for an installation; and
review—
the range of services available at remote installations;
how those services differ between the military departments; and
the process used to determine whether those services meet the needs of members of the Armed Forces at those installations.
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).