Sec. 611. Government Accountability Office study on process for determining cost-of-living allowances for members of the uniformed services assigned to the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and overseas locations
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the process for determining cost-of-living allowances for members of the uniformed services stationed in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and at overseas locations. In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall assess— the fairness and equity of the process for determining cost-of-living allowances described in subsection
(a)and methods for improving that process; the advantages and disadvantages of averaging the results of continental United States Living Pattern Surveys and Retail Price Schedules without regard to the geographic concentration of members of the uniformed services within the continental United States when determining the baseline cost of living for the continental United States; if additional out-of-pocket expenses, including the costs for a member of the uniformed services to travel to and from the home of record of the member from the assigned duty station of the member, should be included in the calculations of the Department of Defense for determining overseas cost-of-living allowances to better equalize the true costs of living for members stationed outside the continental United States with such costs for members stationed inside the continental United States; and the process by which the Department of Defense conducts Living Pattern Surveys and develops Retail Price Schedules. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report— setting forth the results of the study required by subsection (a); and making any recommendations the Comptroller General considers appropriate based on those results, including any recommendations for changes to section 403b or 405 of title 37, United States Code.