Military Housing Oversight and Accountability Act

Military Housing Oversight and Accountability Act - Amends federal provisions concerning Department of Defense (DOD) alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of military housing to direct each military department Secretary to prescribe regulations to oversee and manage a military housing privatization project during its sustainment phase following completion of construction or renovation of the housing units.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4608 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4608

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve oversight and 
  accountability for military housing projects carried out using the 
alternative authority provided by subchapter IV of chapter 169 of such 
                                 title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2012

   Mr. Rigell (for himself and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve oversight and 
  accountability for military housing projects carried out using the 
alternative authority provided by subchapter IV of chapter 169 of such 
                                 title.

    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 Housing Oversight and 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSTAINMENT OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MILITARY HOUSING 
              PRIVATIZATION PROJECTS AND RELATED ANNUAL REPORTING 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Sustainment Oversight and Accountability for Privatization 
Projects.--
            (1) Oversight and accountability measures.--Subchapter IV 
        of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
        inserting after section 2885 the following new section:
``Sec. 2885a. Oversight and accountability for privatization projects: 
              sustainment
    ``(a) Oversight and Accountability Measures.--Each Secretary 
concerned shall prescribe regulations to effectively oversee and manage 
a military housing privatization project carried out under this 
subchapter during the sustainment phase of the project following 
completion of the construction or renovation of the housing units. The 
regulations shall include the following requirements for each 
privatization project:
            ``(1) The financial health and performance of the military 
        housing privatization project, including the debt-coverage 
        ratio of the project and occupancy rates for the constructed or 
        renovated housing units.
            ``(2) A resident satisfaction assessment of the 
        privatization project.
            ``(3) An assessment of the backlog of maintenance and 
        repair.
    ``(b) Required Qualifications.--The Secretary concerned or 
designated representative shall ensure that the project owner, 
developer, or general contractor that is selected for each military 
housing privatization initiative project has sustainment experience 
commensurate with that required to maintain the project.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 2885(a) of such title is 
        amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting 
        before the period at the end of the first sentence the 
        following: ``during the course of the construction or 
        renovation of the housing units''.
            (3) Clerical amendments.--
                    (A) Section heading.--The heading of section 2885 
                of such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 2885. Oversight and accountability for privatization projects: 
              construction''.
                    (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections at 
                the beginning of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of such 
                title is amended by striking the item relating to 
                section 2885 and inserting the following new items:

``2885. Oversight and accountability for privatization projects: 
                            construction.
``2885a. Oversight and accountability for privatization projects: 
                            sustainment.''.
    (b) Annual Reporting Requirements.--Section 2884(b) of such title 
is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (7);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (8) as 
        paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(5) A trend analysis of the backlog of maintenance and 
        repair for each privatization project, including the total cost 
        of the operation, maintenance, and repair costs associated with 
        each project.
            ``(6) If the debt associated with a privatization project 
        exceeds net operating income or the occupancy rates for the 
        constructed or renovated housing units are below 75 percent for 
        any sustained period of more than one year, a report regarding 
        the plan to mitigate the financial risk of the project.''.
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