Military OneSource Transparency Act

Military OneSource Transparency Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to annually report through FY2029 on its Military OneSource program. The program provides information and various support services to servicemembers and their families (e.g., counseling or tax preparation).

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6386 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6386

To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on the Military OneSource 
                 program of the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2023

Ms. McClellan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on the Military OneSource 
                 program of the Department of Defense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military OneSource Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON MILITARY ONESOURCE.

    (a) First Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report regarding the Military OneSource program of the Department of 
Defense. Such report under shall include the following elements:
            (1) A history of the program, including origin, 
        development, and expansion.
            (2) An accounting of costs to the Federal Government to 
        operate the program during fiscal years 2019 through 2023.
            (3) Use of the program during fiscal years 2019 through 
        2023, including--
                    (A) the total number of individuals who used the 
                program, disaggregated by whether such use was through 
                a phone call or the website;
                    (B) the number of members of the Armed Forces who 
                have used the program, disaggregated, to the extent 
                practicable, by Armed Force, race, gender, age, marital 
                status, and duty location; and
                    (C) the most commonly used services offered through 
                the program.
            (4) How records for such usage are kept and protected.
            (5) A list of all services offered through the program.
            (6) The cost of any service to a member.
            (7) Services to be added to the program.
            (8) Criteria by which services offered through the program 
        are added or discontinued.
    (b) Subsequent Reports.--Not less than once in each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2029, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 
regarding such Military OneSource program. Each such subsequent report 
shall include the following elements with regards to the fiscal year 
preceding the date of such report:
            (1) An accounting of costs to the Federal Government to 
        operate the program.
            (2) Use of the program, including--
                    (A) the total number of individuals who used the 
                program, disaggregated by whether such use was through 
                a phone call or the website;
                    (B) the number of members of the Armed Forces who 
                have used the program, disaggregated, to the extent 
                practicable, by Armed Force, race, gender, age, marital 
                status, and duty location; and
                    (C) the most commonly used services offered through 
                the program.
            (3) A list of all services offered through the program.
            (4) The cost of any service to a member.
            (5) Services added to, or discontinued from, the program.
            (6) Criteria by which services offered through the program 
        are added or discontinued.
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