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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6518. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the
following:
SEC. 2829. DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HOUSING AREAS AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP RESPONSE PLANS.
Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2869 the
following new section:
“Sec. 2869a. Critical housing areas and community
partnership response plans
“(a) Designation of Critical Housing Areas.—The Secretary
of Defense shall establish a process to identify and
designate geographic areas in the vicinity of military
installations in which shortages of available and affordable
housing materially affect members of the armed forces and
their families. Any area so designated shall be known as a
`critical housing area'.
“(b) Factors for Consideration.—
“(1) In general.—In carrying out the designation of
critical housing areas under subsection (a), the Secretary of
Defense shall develop criteria for such designation that
includes, at a minimum, the following factors:
“(A) Rental vacancy rates.
“(B) Housing cost burdens borne by members of the armed
forces and their families.
“(C) Availability of housing suitable for families of
different sizes and for junior enlisted members of the armed
forces.
“(D) Length and burden of commuting patterns.
“(E) Availability of temporary lodging and transition
housing options.
“(F) Barriers to housing production or occupancy,
including land-use, zoning, infrastructure, permitting,
transportation, utility, and school-capacity constraints.
“(G) Such other factors as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
“(2) Public comment.—The Secretary shall solicit and
include in the criteria developed under paragraph (1) public
comments from stakeholders.
“(c) Publication and Updates.—The Secretary of Defense
shall—
“(1) maintain a list of critical housing areas designated
under subsection (a);
“(2) update such list not less frequently than annually;
and
“(3) submit to the congressional defense committees notice
of each new designation, redesignation, or termination of
designation under subsection (a), together with a brief
explanation of the basis therefor.
“(d) Community Partnership Response Plan.—
“(1) In general.—For each critical housing area
designated under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned,
acting through the relevant installation commander or
commanders, shall develop a community partnership response
plan.
“(2) Consultation.—In developing a response plan under
paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall consult, as
appropriate, with—
“(A) State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments;
“(B) public housing agencies, housing finance agencies,
and housing authorities;
“(C) metropolitan planning organizations and regional
planning bodies;
“(D) transit, utility, and infrastructure authorities;
“(E) partners in providing housing under subchapter IV of
this chapter, as appropriate; and
“(F) such other public or private entities as the
Secretary concerned determines appropriate.
“(3) Required elements of plan.—Each community
partnership response plan under paragraph (1) shall include—
“(A) an assessment of local housing market conditions
affecting members of the armed forces and their families;
“(B) identification of the principal drivers of housing
unaffordability, housing shortage, or housing inaccessibility
in the area;
“(C) an assessment of local regulatory, land-use,
infrastructure, transportation, utility, school-capacity, or
permitting barriers affecting housing availability;
“(D) a description of Federal, State, local, and private
tools already in use to address such barriers;
“(E) recommended near-term and long-term actions to
improve housing supply, affordability, or access;
“(F) estimated costs and potential sources of support for
such actions;
“(G) measurable outcomes and implementation timelines; and
“(H) any recommendations for administrative or legislative
action.
“(e) Coordination With Existing Authorities.—The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that activities under this section are
coordinated with other authorities of the Department of
Defense relating to housing (including housing under
subchapter IV of this title), installation-community
partnerships, and intergovernmental support.
“(f) Annual Report.—Not later than March 1 of each year,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report setting forth—
“(1) each critical housing area designated under
subsection (a);
“(2) the status of each community partnership response
plan developed under subsection (d);
“(3) early performance outcomes associated with activities
assisted under this section; and
“(4) any statutory or regulatory barriers identified by
installations or communities.”.