Sec. 628. REPORT REGARDING THE CALCULATION OF COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES

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## SEC. 628 REPORT REGARDING THE CALCULATION OF COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES ###

(a)Report Required 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: ####

(1)The factors used to calculate the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA. ####

(2)An explanation of how the factors described in paragraph

(1)are determined. ####

(3)An explanation of how the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA may be adjusted, including— #####

(A)timelines for such an adjustment; #####

(B)bases for such an adjustment; and #####

(C)the relationship between CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA. ####

(4)The evaluation of the Secretary whether the surveys used to collect data from members to calculate the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA are effective. ####

(5)The evaluation of the Secretary whether the calculation of the CONUS COLA and OCONUS COLA is effective. ####

(6)The assessment of the Secretary whether the calculation of the CONUS COLA or OCONUS COLA should include additional factors, including— #####

(A)the number of dependents a member has; #####

(B)vicinity and commissary costs; #####

(C)the reimbursement of expenses (including tolls and taxes) incurred by a member based on the duty station of such member; #####

(D)remoteness; #####

(E)hardship; #####

(F)loss of spousal income; #####

(G)the unavailability of goods or services in the vicinity of a duty station; and #####

(H)any other factor that the Secretary determines appropriate. ###

(b)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)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. ####

(2)The term “OCONUS COLA” means a cost-of-living allowance paid to a member of the uniformed services on the basis that— #####

(A)the member is assigned to a permanent duty station located outside the continental United States; or #####

(B)the dependents of such member reside outside the continental United States but not in the vicinity of the permanent duty station of such member. ## Subtitle D Family and Survivor Benefits