Sec. 628. Report regarding the calculation of cost-of-living allowances
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Not later than April 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA. Such report shall include the following elements: The factors used to calculate the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA. An explanation of how the factors described in paragraph
(1)are determined. An explanation of how the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA may be adjusted, including— timelines for such an adjustment; bases for such an adjustment; and the relationship between CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA. The evaluation of the Secretary whether the surveys used to collect data from members to calculate the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA are effective. The evaluation of the Secretary whether the calculation of the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA is effective. The assessment of the Secretary whether the calculation of the CONUS COLA or OCONUS COLA should include additional factors, including— the number of dependents a member has; vicinity and commissary costs; the reimbursement of expenses (including tolls and taxes) incurred by a member based on the duty station of such member; remoteness; hardship; loss of spousal income; the unavailability of goods or services in the vicinity of a duty station; and any other factor that the Secretary determines appropriate. In this section: The term CONUS COLA means the cost-of-living allowance paid to a member of the uniformed services under section 403b of title 37, United States Code. The term OCONUS COLA means a cost-of-living allowance paid to a member of the uniformed services on the basis that— the member is assigned to a permanent duty station located outside the continental United States; or the dependents of such member reside outside the continental United States but not in the vicinity of the permanent duty station of such member.