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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-682
LODGING OPTIONS DEVELOPED FOR GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES ACT
DECEMBER 30, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 7615]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7615) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter
into partnerships to develop housing, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amend-
ment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Lodging Options Developed for Government Em-
ployees Act or the LODGE Act.
SEC. 2. HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS; OCCUPANCY.
Subchapter III of chapter 1013 of title 54, United States Code, is amended-
(1) by amending section 101331 to read as follows:
§ 101331. Definitions
In this subchapter:
(1) FIELD EMPLOYEE.-The term 'field employee' means-
(A) an employee of the Service who is exclusively assigned by the Service
to perform duties at a System unit, and the members of the employee's fam-
ily;
(B) an individual performing duties at the System unit who is employed
by a Service concession, partnership, educational, or conservation organiza-
tion, whose work supports the mission of the System unit, and the members
of the individual's family;
(C) an individual who is authorized to occupy Federal Government quar-
ters under section 5911 of title 5 in the vicinity of the System unit, includ-
ing individuals who are employees of other Federal agencies, and the mem-
bers of the individual's family; or
(D) an employee of the Federal Government who is-
(i) eligible to live in government housing; and
(ii) not an employee of the Service.
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