,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eebh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjbd,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,armed ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to require an updated       
assessment of the public schools on     
installations of the ,department of     
,defense1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,assessment of public schools on        
installations of ,department of ,defense
  7a7 ,report required  7#a7 ,update of 
assessment on school capacity and       
condition ,not later than one year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit
 to the congressional defense committees
 an updated assessment of the capacity  
and facility condition deficiencies of  
elementary and secondary public schools 
on military installations conducted by  
the ,secretary in ,july #bjaa under     
section #haji of the ,department of     
,defense and ,full-,year ,continuing    

,appropriations ,act1 #bjaa 7,public    
,law #aab-aj2 #abe ,stat4 #hb71 as      
updated by the ,secretary in ,july #bjag
 under section #bhad of the ,national   
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjag 7,public ,law #aad-cbh2    
#acj ,stat4 #bgag74  7#b7 ,consideration
 of factors ,in conducting the updated  
assessment required under paragraph     
7#a71 the ,secretary shall take into    
consideration factors including-- 7,a7  
schools that have had changes in their  
condition or capacity since the updated 
assessment in ,july #bjag2 and  7,b7 the
 capacity and facility condition        
deficiencies of schools omitted from the
 updated assessment in ,july #bjag4     
7#c7 ,additional information ,the       
,secretary shall include in the updated 
assessment required under paragraph 7#a7
 a report on the status of the funds    
already appropriated1 and a schedule for
 the completion of projects already     
approved1 under the programs funded     
under section #habg of the ,consolidated

 ,appropriations ,act1 #bjah 7,public   
,law #aae-ada2 #acb ,stat4 #dib71       
section #habh of the ,department of     
,defense and ,labor1 ,health and ,human 
,services1 and ,education               
,appropriations ,act1 #bjai and         
,continuing ,appropriations ,act1 #bjai 
7,public ,law #aae-bde2 #abc ,stat4     
#cjbi71 section #haba of the            
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-ic2 #acc ,stat4
 #bcfe71 section #haah of the           
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bfj2 #acd      
,stat4 #accb71 and section #haji of the 
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-ajc2 #acf      
,stat4 #bja74  7b7 ,updating prohibition
 on use of certain assessment of public 
schools on ,department of ,defense      
installations ,to supersede funding of  
certain projects ,paragraph 7#c7 of     
section #bhad7;a7 of the of the         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjag 7,public ,law   

#aad-cbh2 #acj ,stat4 #bgag71 as added  
by section #bhah7;a7 of the ,national   
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjah 7,public ,law #aae- #ia2   
#aca ,stat4 #aheb7 and amended by       
section #bhbd7;a7 of the ,john ,s4      
,mc,cain ,national ,defense             
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjai 7,public ,law #aae-bcb2 #acb      
,stat4 #bbfi71 is further amended by    
striking #ch projects and inserting #ga 
projects4  7c7 ,comptroller ,general    
evaluation ,not later than #ahj days    
after the date of the submission of the 
updated assessment under subsection     
7a77#a71 the ,comptroller ,general of   
the ,united ,states shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees an     
evaluation of issues relating to the    
,public ,schools on ,military           
,installations program of the ,office of
 ,local ,defense ,community ,cooperation
 of the ,department of ,defense1        
including-- 7#a7 program operations and 
oversight2  7#b7 use of funding2  7#c7  

criteria for selecting and prioritizing 
schools2  7#d7 any interaction between  
such program and the ,impact ,aid       
program of the ,department of           
,education2 and  7#e7 the extent to     
which such program is achieving the     
goals of such program4