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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7212 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for additional reforms 

regarding the management and condition of privatized military housing, 

to expand reforms to include Government-owned and Government-controlled military family housing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2020 

Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. KIM, and 

Mr. TURNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for additional reforms regarding the management and condition 

of privatized military housing, to expand reforms to include Government-owned and Government-controlled 

military family housing, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Housing Over5 sight, Maintenance, and Enhancement for 

6 Servicemembers Act’’ or ‘‘Military HOMES Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MOLD MITIGATION PROTECTIONS FOR MILITARY 

2 FAMILIES RESIDING IN MILITARY HOUSING. 

3 (a) INSTALLATION COMMANDER RESPONSIBIL4 ITIES.—Subsection (b) of section 2891a of title 10, United 

5 States Code, as added by section 3014(a) of the Military 

6 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (di7 vision B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1924), is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graph: 

10 ‘‘(3) The installation commander shall be responsible 

11 for administering Department of Defense guidance re12 garding— 

13 ‘‘(A) the reimbursement of a resident of a hous14 ing unit for the installation for losses to personal 

15 property incurred by the resident as a result of mold 

16 damage in the housing unit or the mitigation activi17 ties undertaken in response to mold in the housing 

18 unit; and 

19 ‘‘(B) how to manage the return of the resident 

20 to the housing unit when the resident is displaced 

21 from the housing unit during mold mitigation.’’. 

22 (b) ADOPTION OF STANDARDS.—The Secretary of 

23 Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the mili24 tary departments, landlords (as defined in section 2871 

25 of title 10, United States Code), and other interested per26 sons, shall promulgate the guidance described in paraVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:41 Jul 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7212.IH H7212

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1 graph (3) of section 2891a(b) of such title, as added by 

2 subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 3. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION REGARD4 ING PERFORMANCE OF LANDLORDS PRO5 VIDING MILITARY HOUSING THAT RECEIVE 

6 INCENTIVE FEES. 

7 Subsection (b) of section 2891c of title 10, United 

8 States Code, as added by section 3016(a) of the Military 

9 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (di10 vision B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1927), is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following new para12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall use the publicly 

14 accessible website required by paragraph (1) to disclose 

15 the criteria and metrics to be used by the Department of 

16 Defense to analyze the performance of landlords that re17 ceive incentive fees.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. PROMULGATION OF GUIDANCE ON MOLD MITIGA19 TION IN PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING. 

20 (a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De21 fense shall establish a working group to promulgate guid22 ance regarding best practices for mold mitigation in 

23 privatized military housing and for making the determina24 tion regarding when the presence of mold in a unit of 


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1 home privatized military housing is an emergency situa2 tion requiring the relocation of the residents of the unit. 

3 (b) MEMBERS.—The working groups shall include 

4 the Surgeon Generals of the Armed Forces and such other 

5 subject-matter experts as the Secretary considers appro6 priate. 

7 SEC. 5. EXPANSION OF UNIFORM CODE OF BASIC STAND8 ARDS FOR PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING 

9 AND HAZARD AND HABITABILITY INSPEC10 TION AND ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS TO 

11 GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND GOVERNMENT12 CONTROLLED MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING. 

13 (a) UNIFORM CODE OF BASIC STANDARDS FOR MILI14 TARY HOUSING.—The Secretary of Defense shall expand 

15 the uniform code of basic housing standards for safety, 

16 comfort, and habitability for privatized military housing 

17 established pursuant to section 3051(a) of the Military 

18 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (di19 vision B of Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1941; 10 U.S.C. 

20 2871 note) to include Government-owned and Govern21 ment-controlled military family housing located inside or 

22 outside the United States and occupied by members of the 

23 Armed Forces. 

24 (b) INSPECTION AND ASSESSMENT PLAN.—The Sec25 retary of Defense shall expand the Department of Defense 


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1 housing inspection and assessment plan prepared pursu2 ant to section 3051(b) of the Military Construction Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public 

4 Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1941; 10 U.S.C. 2871 note) to 

5 include Government-owned and Government-controlled 

6 military family housing located inside or outside the 

7 United States and occupied by members of the Armed 

8 Forces and commence inspections and assessments of such 

9 military family housing pursuant to the plan. 

10 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEM11 BER PROGRAM HOUSING LIAISON. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than September 30, 

13 2021, each Secretary of a military department shall ap14 point at least one Exceptional Family Member Program 

15 housing liaison for that military department. 

16 (b) DUTIES.—The duties of a Exceptional Family 

17 Member Program housing liaison are to assist military 

18 families enrolled in that Program, and who are 

19 disproportionally housed in facilities under the Military 

20 Housing Privatization Initiative, in obtaining cost-effective 

21 services needed by such families. 


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1 SEC. 7. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS 

2 REGARDING OVERSIGHT AND ROLE IN MAN3 AGEMENT OF PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUS4 ING. 

5 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

7 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

8 the House of Representatives a report on the progress 

9 made by the Department of Defense in implementing the 

10 recommendations contained in the report of the Comp11 troller General regarding military housing entitled ‘‘DOD 

12 Needs to Strengthen Oversight and Clarify Its Role in the 

13 Management of Privatized Housing’’ and dated March 

14 2020 (GAO–20–281). 

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