Sponsor
Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill seeks to centralize and better coordinate prevention services for military members and provide Congress with cost/lessons data, at the trade-off of potential construction costs, risk of reduced access for dispersed personnel, and added administrative burden on DoD.
Service members and their dependents will have prevention services (sexual assault, suicide, domestic violence) consolidated into a single on-base facility to improve coordination, access, and continuity of care.
Congress (and taxpayers) will receive a required briefing with cost estimates and lessons learned to inform future funding and policy decisions for prevention programs.
Some service members on very large or geographically dispersed installations may face harder or less timely access to services if facilities are centralized but not properly sited or staffed.
Taxpayers and military budgets may incur higher costs from constructing, renovating, or concentrating facilities, potentially increasing defense spending or diverting funds from other programs.
DoD and military department staff must prepare assessments and briefings within 180 days, adding administrative workload and diverting personnel time from other duties.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DoD to brief Congress within 180 days on feasibility, costs, and lessons for consolidating prevention services into a single facility at each military installation.
Requires the Secretary of Defense, working with each military department, to brief the House Armed Services Committee within 180 days of enactment on the feasibility, advisability, and estimated cost of consolidating covered prevention services into a single facility at each U.S. military installation. The briefing must assess current consolidation efforts by each military department, summarize successes and lessons learned, and define covered prevention services (sexual assault, suicide, harassment, domestic violence, and related community-based prevention services). No new funding or authorities are created; the requirement is for an internal DoD assessment and report.
Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense to brief the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives on the feasibility of consolidating covered prevention services into a single facility for each military installation, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 3, 2025 by Gilbert Ray Cisneros · Last progress December 3, 2025