Military Housing Transparency and Accountability Act

Military Housing Transparency and Accountability Act

This bill modifies requirements for the complaint database for military housing that the Department of Defense must establish. The bill specifies that complaints may be made by a member of the Armed Forces or dependent that resides in a covered dwelling unit (i.e., a unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied housing, or barracks in which a member resides but does not own).

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment must annually report to Congress with a summary of the data collected by the complaint database and any actions taken to remedy complaints.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3165 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3165

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish additional 
        requirements for a military housing complaint database.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2023

     Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
  Reschenthaler, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Escobar, and Mrs. 
Miller-Meeks) 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 establish additional 
        requirements for a military housing complaint database.

    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 Transparency and 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A MILITARY HOUSING 
              COMPLAINT DATABASE.

    Section 2894a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``regarding housing 
        units'' and inserting ``by a tenant regarding covered dwelling 
        units'';
            (2) in subsections (c) and (d) by striking ``housing unit'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``covered dwelling unit''; 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(f) Annual Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
        Defense for Housing shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
        Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
        make available to each Secretary of a military department, an 
        annual report that includes, during the year covered by such 
        report--
                    ``(A) a summary of the data collected using the 
                database established under subsection (a);
                    ``(B) an aggregation of the complaints categorized 
                by type, in accordance with paragraph (2), and military 
                installation, if applicable; and
                    ``(C) the actions taken to remedy complaints 
                received during the period covered by such report.
            ``(2) Type of complaints.--In categorizing complaints by 
        type pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall 
        aggregate complaints based on the following categories:
                    ``(A) Physiological hazards, including dampness and 
                mold growth, lead-based paint, asbestos and manmade 
                fibers, radiation, biocides, carbon monoxide, and 
                volatile organic compounds.
                    ``(B) Psychological hazards, including ease of 
                access by unlawful intruders, faulty locks or alarms, 
                and lighting issues.
                    ``(C) Safety hazards.
                    ``(D) Maintenance timeliness.
                    ``(E) Maintenance quality.
    ``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered dwelling unit' means a unit of 
        accompanied family housing, unaccompanied housing, or 
        barracks--
                    ``(A) in which a member of the armed forces 
                resides; and
                    ``(B) that the member does not own.
            ``(2) The term `tenant' means any of the following:
                    ``(A) A member of the armed forces who resides in a 
                covered dwelling unit.
                    ``(B) A dependent of a member described in 
                subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered dwelling 
                unit.''.
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