,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1      
#bjai,ms4 ,cortez ,masto introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,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 isolated1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rural ,servicemembers ,support 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,study on           
installations of the ,department of     
,defense that are designated as remote  
or isolated  7a7 ,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 isolated4  7b7 ,elements of study    
,the study conducted under subsection   
7a7 shall-- 7#a7 identify-- 7,a7 the    
various definitions within the          
,department of ,defense of remote and   
isolated installations2  7,b7 who       
establishes those definitions2 and  7,c7
 the criteria to meet those definitions2
  7#b7 assess the uses by the           
,department of the remote or isolated   
designation for an installation2 and    
7#c7 review-- 7,a7 the range of services
 available at remote installations2     
7,b7 how those services differ between  
the military departments2 and  7,c7 the 
process used to determine whether those 
services meet the needs of members of   
the ,armed ,forces at those             
installations4  7c7 ,report ,not later  
than ,january #cj1 #bjbj1 the           
,comptroller ,general shall submit to   
,congress1 at a minimum1 the initial    
findings for the study conducted under  
subsection 7a74