VET RENT Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5402 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5402

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to implement a record of housing 
history for members of the Armed Forces who reside in housing provided 
                         by the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2021

  Ms. Sherrill (for herself and Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma) 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 implement a record of housing 
history for members of the Armed Forces who reside in housing provided 
                         by the United States.

    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 at the ``Veteran's Electronic Transcript of 
Residency for Entering New Tenancies Act'' or the ``VET RENT Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSING HISTORY FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES WHO RESIDE IN HOUSING PROVIDED BY THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than September 30, 2022, the Secretary 
of Defense shall establish and implement a standard record of housing 
history for members of the Armed Forces who reside in covered housing.
    (b) Contents.--A record under this section shall include, with 
regards to each period during which the member concerned resided in 
covered housing, the following:
            (1) The assessment of the commander of the military 
        installation in which such housing is located, of the condition 
        of such covered housing--
                    (A) prior to the beginning of such period; and
                    (B) in which the member concerned left such covered 
                housing upon vacating such covered housing.
            (2) Contact information a housing provider may use to 
        inquire about a record under this section.
    (c) Online Access.--The Secretary concerned shall maintain a 
website through which a member of the Armed Forces under the 
jurisdiction of such Secretary may access the record under this section 
of such member.
    (d) Issuance.--The Secretary concerned shall issue a copy of a 
record under this section to the member concerned upon the separation, 
retirement, discharge, or dismissal of such member from the Armed 
Forces, with the DD Form 214 for such member.
    (e) Covered Housing Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
housing'' means housing provided by the United States to a member of 
the Armed Forces.
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