,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #defd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bj1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,warnock 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,blumenthal1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mrs4 
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,ossoff1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 
,mr4 ,tester1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4     
,warner1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 and ,mr4        
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to report on the basic         
allowance for housing for members of the
 uniformed services4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,bah    
,calculation ,improvement ,act4  #b4    
,report on basic allowance for housing  
for members of the uniformed services   
7a7 ,in general ,not later than one year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall 
submit to the ,committees on ,armed     
,services of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives a report on the     

basic allowance for housing for members 
of the uniformed services4  7b7         
,elements ,the report required by       
subsection 7a7 shall contain the        
following elements3 7#a7 ,the evaluation
 of the ,secretary-- 7,a7 of the        
efficiency and accuracy of the current  
system used to calculate the basic      
allowance for housing for members of the
 uniformed services under section #djc  
of title #cg1 ,united ,states ,code2    
7,b7 the appropriateness of using mean  
and median housing costs in such        
calculation2  7,c7 of existing military 
housing areas1 in relation to choices   
in1 and availability of1 housing for    
members of the uniformed services2 and  
7,d7 of the suitability of the six      
standard housing profiles in relation to
 the average family sizes of members of 
the uniformed services1 disaggregated by
 uniformed service1 rank1 and military  
housing area4  7#b7 ,the recommendation 
of the ,secretary-- 7,a7 regarding the  
feasibility of including information1   

furnished by ,federal entities1         
regarding school districts1 in          
calculating the basic allowance for     
housing2  7,b7 whether to calculate the 
basic allowance for housing more        
frequently1 including in response to a  
sudden change in the housing market2    
7,c7 whether to enter into an agreement 
with a commercial entity1 to compile    
data and develop an algorithm1 in order 
to calculate the basic allowance for    
housing2 and  7,d7 whether to publish   
the methods used by the ,secretary to   
calculate the basic allowance for       
housing on a publicly accessible website
 of the ,department of ,defense4