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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3165 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish additional requirements |
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| 6 | 6 | | for a military housing complaint database. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MAY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | HOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | R |
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| 12 | 12 | | ESCHENTHALER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ESCOBAR, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mrs. M |
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| 14 | 14 | | ILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish addi- |
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| 18 | 18 | | tional requirements for a military housing complaint |
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| 19 | 19 | | database. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Housing 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Transparency and Accountability Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | MILITARY HOUSING COMPLAINT DATABASE. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 2894a of title 10, United States Code, is 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | amended— 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘regarding 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | housing units’’ and inserting ‘‘by a tenant regarding 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | covered dwelling units’’; 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) in subsections (c) and (d) by striking ‘‘hous-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ing unit’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘cov-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ered dwelling unit’’; and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | lowing new subsections: 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(f) A |
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| 41 | 41 | | NNUALREPORT.— 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 43 | 43 | | N GENERAL.—The Deputy Assistant Sec-10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | retary of Defense for Housing shall submit to the 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | resentatives and the Senate, and make available to 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | each Secretary of a military department, an annual 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | report that includes, during the year covered by such 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | report— 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(A) a summary of the data collected 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | using the database established under subsection 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (a); 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(B) an aggregation of the complaints cat-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | egorized by type, in accordance with paragraph 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2), and military installation, if applicable; and 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(C) the actions taken to remedy com-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | plaints received during the period covered by 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | such report. 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(2) TYPE OF COMPLAINTS .—In categorizing 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | complaints by type pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the Secretary shall aggregate complaints based on 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the following categories: 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(A) Physiological hazards, including 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | dampness and mold growth, lead-based paint, 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | asbestos and manmade fibers, radiation, 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | biocides, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | compounds. 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(B) Psychological hazards, including ease 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | of access by unlawful intruders, faulty locks or 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | alarms, and lighting issues. 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(C) Safety hazards. 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(D) Maintenance timeliness. 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(E) Maintenance quality. 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(g) D |
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| 78 | 78 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered dwelling unit’ means a 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | housing, or barracks— 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | ‘‘(A) in which a member of the armed 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | forces resides; and 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(B) that the member does not own. 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘tenant’ means any of the fol-23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | lowing: 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(A) A member of the armed forces who 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | resides in a covered dwelling unit. 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ‘‘(B) A dependent of a member described 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | in subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | dwelling unit.’’. 5 |
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