LIVING QUARTER ALLOWANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH PERMANENT DUTY STATION IN GUAM.

SEC. 1102. LIVING QUARTER ALLOWANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH PERMANENT DUTY STATION IN GUAM. Section 1102 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking “department of the navy civilian employees assigned to permanent duty in guam for performing work, or supporting work being performed, aboard or dockside, of u.s. naval vessels” and inserting “civilian employees of the department of defense stationed in guam”; (2) in subsection (a), by striking “Secretary of the Navy” and inserting “Secretary of Defense”; and (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: “(b) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 and annually thereafter for the following 2 years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the use of the authority provided under this section. “(c) Covered Employee Defined.—In this section, the term ‘covered employee’ means any civilian employee of the Department of Defense whose permanent duty station is located in Guam. “(d) Sunset.—The authority to carry out this section shall terminate 3 years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.” .