Sec. 1025. Report and assessment of potential costs and benefits of privatizing Department of Defense commissaries
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Not later than February 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report assessing the viability of privatizing, in whole or in part, the Department of Defense commissary system. The report shall be so submitted to Congress before the development of any plans or pilot program to privatize defense commissaries or the defense commissary system. The assessment required by subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum, the following: A methodology for defining the total number and locations of commissaries. An evaluation of commissary use by location in the following beneficiary categories: Pay grades E–1 through E–4. Pay grades E–5 through E–7. Pay grades E–8 and E–9. Pay grades O–1 through O–3. Pay grades O–4 through O–6. Pay grades O–7 through O–10. Military retirees. An evaluation of commissary use in locations outside the continental United States and in remote and isolated locations in the continental United States when compared with other locations. An evaluation of the cost of commissary operations during fiscal years 2009 through 2014. An assessment of potential savings and efficiencies to be achieved through implementation of some or all of recommendations of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. A description and evaluation of the strategy of the Defense Commissary Agency for pricing products sold at commissaries. A description and evaluation of the transportation strategy of the Defense Commissary Agency for products sold at commissaries. A description and evaluation of the formula of the Defense Commissary Agency for calculating savings for its customers as a result of its pricing strategy. An evaluation of the average savings per household garnered by commissary use. A description and evaluation of the use of private contractors and vendors as part of the defense commissary system. An assessment of costs or savings, and potential impacts to patrons and the Government, of privatizing the defense commissary system, including potential increased use of Government assistance programs. A description and assessment of potential barriers to privatization of the defense commissary system. An assessment of the extent to which patron savings would remain after the privatization of the defense commissary system. An assessment of the impact of any recommended changes to the operation of the defense commissary system on commissary patrons, including morale and retention. An assessment of the actual interest of major grocery retailers in the management and operations of all, or part, of the existing defense commissary system. An assessment of the impact of privatization of the defense commissary system on off-installation prices of similar products available in the system. An assessment of the impact of privatization of the defense commissary system, and conversion of the Defense Commissary Agency workforce to non-appropriated fund status, on employment of military family members, particularly with respect to pay, benefits, and job security. An assessment of the impact of privatization of the defense commissary system on Exchanges and Morale, Welfare and Recreation
(MWR)quality-of-life programs. The Secretary shall consult previous studies and surveys on matters appropriate to the report required by subsection (a), including, but not limited to, the following: The January 2015 Final Report of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. The 2014 Military Family Lifestyle Survey Comprehensive Report. The 2013 Living Patterns Survey. The report required by section 634 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ) on the management, food, and pricing options for the defense commissary system. Not later than May 1, 2016, 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 setting forth an assessment by the Comptroller General of the report required by subsection (a). Section 652 of this Act shall be null and void.
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Sec. 1025
Report and assessment of potential costs and benefits of privatizing Department of Defense commissaries
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