REPORTS ON PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVES FOR MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.

SEC. 2808. REPORTS ON PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVES FOR MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.(a) Secretary of Defense Report.—Not later than March 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing—(1) an evaluation of the process by which the Secretary develops, implements, and oversees housing privatization transactions involving military unaccompanied housing;123 STAT. 2664(2) recommendations regarding additional opportunities for members of the Armed Forces to utilize housing privatization transactions involving military unaccompanied housing;(3) an evaluation of the impact of a prohibition on civilian occupancy of such housing on the ability to secure private partners for such housing privatization transactions; and(4) the Secretary’s assessment of the feasibility and cost of privatizing military unaccompanied housing for all members of the Armed Forces.(b) Comptroller General Report.—(1) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of Defense submits the report under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report evaluating such report. The report of the Comptroller General shall include the Comptroller General’s assessment of the process used by the Secretary in preparing the report under subsection (a) and the Comptroller General’s assessment of the extent to which such report addresses the elements required under subsection (a).(2) Independent research.—The Comptroller General may conduct such independent research and make such independent findings and recommendations as the Comptroller General determines appropriate for purposes of the report submitted under this subsection.(c) Housing Privatization Transaction Defined.—In this section, the term “housing privatization transaction” means any contract or other transaction for the construction or acquisition of military unaccompanied housing entered into under the authority of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code.