DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE USE OF A NATIONAL RELOCATION CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 2822. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE USE OF A NATIONAL RELOCATION CONTRACTOR TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Use of National Relocation Contractor.— Subject to the availability of appropriations therefor, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a one-year contract with a private relocation con-tractor operating on a nationwide basis to test the cost-effectiveness of using national relocation contractors to administer the Home-owners Assistance Program. The contract shall be competitively awarded not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Report on Contract.— Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary of Defense enters into the contract under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the Comptroller General’s evaluation of the effectiveness of using the national contractor for administering the program referred to in subsection (a). The report shall compare the cost and efficiency of such administration with the cost and efficiency of— (1) the program carried out by the Corps of Engineers using its own employees; and (2) the use of contracts with local relocation companies at military installations being closed or realigned.