Sec. 1114. GAO report on home-based businesses at remote military installations
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In order to address critical quality of life, morale, and welfare issues, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall assess and submit a report to the Secretary of Defense on the following: The average number of Home-Based Businesses operating at remote and isolated installations in the United States in comparison to Home-Based Businesses operating at other military installations. In carrying out this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall account for the differences in military population size.
The average rate of approval for new Home-Based Businesses at remote and isolated United States installations in comparison to new approvals for new Home-Based Businesses operating at other military installations, by military service. The average number of days required for a Home-Based Business application to be approved at remote and isolated United States installations in comparison to similar Home-Based Business applications (to the greatest extent practicable) at other military installations, by military service.
The effectiveness of each services’ utilization and implementation of the Home-Based Business program. Any recommendations on— additional incentives for military personnel, Department of Defense civilian employees, and their family members to establish Home-Based Businesses at remote and isolated installations to more effectively ensure that the quality-of-life services provided through the program meet the mission of their applicable military installation; additional commercial products and services that are eligible to be provided through the Home-Based Businesses program; and ways to simplify, streamline, and generally improve the approval and application process for Home-Based Business applications.
In this section— the term effectiveness means the capability of increasing the quality of life for servicemembers and their families residing on a military installation; and the term military installation has the meaning given that term in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code.