Limitation on use of funds to reduce capabilities or staffing of Department of Defense military treatment facilities located inside the United States

(a) In general None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be used to reduce the mission capabilities or staffing at a military treatment facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense located inside the United States until the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States a cost-benefit analysis that includes, with respect to the military treatment facility— (1) an identification of the average daily patient load; (2) an estimate of the savings to the United States that would arise from a reduction in mission capabilities or staffing; (3) an estimate of the cost to the United States to— (A) transfer the functions of the military treatment facility— (i) to a medical facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs; or (ii) private health care facilities to furnish health care to eligible beneficiaries using TRICARE; and (B) maintain infrastructure used by the military treatment facility as of the date of the enactment of this Act that the Secretary intends to— (i) close; (ii) convert to an outpatient health care facility; or (iii) use for a non-medical purpose; (4) an estimate of the increase to transportation costs with respect to medical care for individuals who receive at the medical treatment facility that would arise from a reduction in mission capabilities or staffing; (5) a list of non-Department of Defense medical facilities located within 20 miles of the medical treatment facilities that provide medical care that is substantially similar to the medical care provided by the medical treatment facility; (6) a plan for the disposition of medical equipment and other Department-owned assets pursuant to a reduction in mission capabilities or staffing; and (7) an assessment of the effects of such a reduction on military readiness. (b) Comptroller General report Not later than 30 days after any date on which the Secretary submits a cost-benefit analysis under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate an independent assessment of the cost-benefit analysis.