,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cggb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjbe,mrs4 
,kiggans of ,virginia 7for herself1 ,ms4
 ,tokuda1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,ms4 ,randall1 
and ,mr4 ,bacon7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,defense to    
conduct a study on the feasibility1     
costs1 and benefits of providing housing
 for civilian workers at certain naval  
shipyards1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,defense ,shipyard ,workforce       
,housing ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,department
 of ,defense study on feasibility1      
costs1 and benefits of providing housing

 for civilian workers at certain naval  
shipyards  7a7 ,study ,the ,secretary of
 ,defense1 in coordination with the     
,secretary of the ,navy and the         
,director of the ,office of ,industrial 
,policy of the ,department of ,defense1 
shall conduct a study to assess the     
feasibility1 costs1 and benefits of     
providing apartment-style or dormitory  
housing for civilian workers at covered 
naval shipyards4 ,such study shall      
include each of the following3  7#a7 ,an
 assessment of the estimated costs of   
constructing1 maintaining1 or leasing   
apartment-style housing units for       
shipyard workers4  7#b7 ,an assessment  
of the potential economic and workforce 
benefits1 including recruitment and     
retention rates4  7#c7 ,an assessment of
 the feasibility of implementing housing
 solutions at various public shipyard   
locations4  7#d7 ,an assessment of the  
operational effects of providing        
housing1 including on worker            
availability1 morale1 and commuting     

burdens4  7#e7 ,options for deducting   
fair-market rent or below-market housing
 fees directly from employee paychecks1 
including administrative1 legal1 and    
contractual implications4  7#f7         
,comparisons with similar workforce     
housing models used by the ,department  
of ,defense or other ,federal agencies4 
7#g7 ,case studies of at least two      
covered naval shipyards that include    
specific data on the potential          
effectiveness of workforce housing      
solutions4  7b7 ,report ,not later than 
#ah months after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to ,congress a report on   
the results of the study conducted under
 subsection 7a74  7c7 ,covered naval    
shipyards ,in this section1 a covered   
naval shipyard is any of the following3 
7#a7 ,norfolk ,naval ,shipyard1         
,virginia4  7#b7 ,pearl ,harbor ,naval  
,shipyard and ,intermediate ,maintenance
 ,facility1 ,hawaii4  7#c7 ,portsmouth  
,naval ,shipyard1 ,maine4  7#d7 ,puget  

,sound ,naval ,shipyard and             
,intermediate ,maintenance ,facility1   
,washington4