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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1229 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the provision of military 

housing to members of the Armed Forces and their families through 

private entities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 29, 2019 

Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BROWN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mrs. MURRAY) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the 

provision of military housing to members of the Armed 

Forces and their families through private entities, 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 and Service Member Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF OVERSIGHT OF PRIVATE MILI2 TARY HOUSING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 169 of 

4 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following new sections: 

6 ‘‘§ 2887. Oversight by Department of Defense of con7 tracts and housing units 

8 ‘‘(a) OVERSIGHT OF CONTRACTS.—(1) The Secretary 

9 of Defense shall establish formal written requirements and 

10 guidance for entering into and renewing contracts under 

11 this subchapter. 

12 ‘‘(2) In deciding whether to enter into or renew a con13 tract with a landlord under this subchapter, the Secretary 

14 shall consider any history of the landlord of providing sub15 standard housing. 

16 ‘‘(3) The Secretary— 

17 ‘‘(A) shall withhold amounts to be paid under 

18 a contract under this subchapter if the other party 

19 to the contract is found to have engaged in a mate20 rial breach of the contract; 

21 ‘‘(B) shall rescind a contract under this sub22 chapter if the other party to the contract, based on 

23 credible evidence, fails to cure such breach within 90 

24 days; and 

25 ‘‘(C) shall not permit the other party to a con26 tract rescinded under subparagraph (B) to enter 


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1 into new contracts with the Secretary or undertake 

2 expansions under existing contracts with the Sec3 retary. 

4 ‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

5 the Secretary concerned, shall adopt a formal written con6 tingency plan for the management of housing units under 

7 this subchapter in the event that a contract relating to 

8 those housing units is rescinded under paragraph (3)(B). 

9 ‘‘(b) STANDARDIZED LEASE AGREEMENTS.—The 

10 Secretary of Defense shall include in any contract with 

11 a landlord under this subchapter a requirement that the 

12 landlord use a lease agreement that is standard through13 out the Department of Defense. 

14 ‘‘(c) HOUSING OFFICE EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary 

15 of Defense shall ensure that each housing office at a mili16 tary installation consists only of employees of the military 

17 department concerned. 

18 ‘‘(d) INSPECTIONS OF HOUSING UNITS.—(1) The 

19 Secretary of Defense shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) ensure that all housing units under this 

21 subchapter are safe, clean, and adequate and meet 

22 all Federal, state, and local laws and standards of 

23 habitability; 

24 ‘‘(B) provide for the conduct of regular building 

25 code and health inspections of such housing units, 


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1 consistent with industry standards, which shall in2 clude, at minimum— 

3 ‘‘(i) inspection before each tenant first oc4 cupies a housing unit and again before the ten5 ant moves out; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) inspection during and after any new 

7 construction or renovation of a housing unit; 

8 ‘‘(C) employ a sufficient number of independent 

9 housing inspectors with all appropriate State and 

10 local inspection certifications to conduct no-notice 

11 inspections under subparagraph (B); and 

12 ‘‘(D) provide appropriate oversight to ensure 

13 that all maintenance for such housing units is com14 pleted in accordance with all applicable Federal, 

15 State, and local health and building codes. 

16 ‘‘(2)(A) In providing for the conduct of inspections 

17 of housing units under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary 

18 shall permit State and local housing inspectors to conduct 

19 no-notice inspections of such units. 

20 ‘‘(B) Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary 

21 shall notify State and local housing inspectors that they 

22 are permitted on a military installation to conduct inspec23 tions under subparagraph (A). 

24 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘independent hous25 ing inspector’ means a housing inspector that is not an 


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1 employee of an entity that owns or manages the housing 

2 unit being inspected, including any subsidiary of that enti3 ty. 

4 ‘‘(e) RESIDENT SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Defense 

5 shall consult with the Secretary of each military depart6 ment, members of the Armed Forces and their representa7 tives, and stakeholders to develop an appropriate method8 ology to conduct independent surveys of residents of hous9 ing units under this subchapter that are standardized 

10 across the military departments. 

11 ‘‘(f) ACCESS TO MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER SYS12 TEM.—The Secretary of Defense shall require each land13 lord to provide to the housing office at each military in14 stallation access to the maintenance work order system of 

15 such landlord with respect to housing units for members 

16 of the Armed Forces and family members of members of 

17 the Armed Forces stationed at such installation. 

18 ‘‘§ 2888. Tenant rights 

19 ‘‘(a) CLAIM TO WITHHOLD PAYMENTS.—(1) A mem20 ber of the Armed Forces or family member of a member 

21 of the Armed Forces who is a tenant of a housing unit 

22 under this subchapter may file a claim with the housing 

23 office of the military installation at which the member is 

24 stationed requesting to withhold any basic allowance for 

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1 ents of the member in the member’s household) under sec2 tion 403 of title 37, or any other allotment of pay under 

3 section 2882(c) of this title, for lease of the unit during 

4 the period in which— 

5 ‘‘(A) the landlord responsible for such housing 

6 unit has not met maintenance guidelines and proce7 dures established by the landlord or the Department 

8 of Defense, either through contract or otherwise; or 

9 ‘‘(B) such housing unit is uninhabitable accord10 ing to State and local law for the jurisdiction in 

11 which the housing unit is located. 

12 ‘‘(2)(A) Upon the filing of a claim by a tenant under 

13 paragraph (1)— 

14 ‘‘(i) under such procedures as the Secretary of 

15 Defense shall establish, the Defense Finance and 

16 Accounting Service (DFAS) or such other appro17 priate office or offices of the Department of Defense 

18 as the Secretary shall specify for purposes of such 

19 procedures, shall tentatively grant the request; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the housing office that receives the claim 

21 shall, not later than 15 days after the date of the 

22 request, complete an investigation that includes an 

23 inspection conducted by housing inspectors that are 

24 certified at the State and local level. 


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1 ‘‘(B) If the housing office agrees with a claim by a 

2 tenant under subparagraph (A) with respect to a housing 

3 unit, the housing office shall notify the landlord respon4 sible for such unit of the issues described in subsection 

5 (a) that require remediation in accordance with the re6 quirements of the Department of Defense or State or local 

7 law. 

8 ‘‘(C) If after an inspection conducted under subpara9 graph (A)(ii), the request of the tenant to withhold pay10 ment is denied, the tenant may appeal that decision to 

11 the commander of the military installation concerned. 

12 ‘‘(3) In accordance with procedures established under 

13 paragraph (1)(A)(i) for the withholding of any basic allow14 ance for housing or other allotment pay under this sub15 section, if the landlord responsible for the housing unit 

16 does not remediate the issues described in paragraph (1) 

17 during a timeline reasonably established by the housing 

18 office for the remediation of the issue, the amount payable 

19 to the landlord for such unit— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall be reduced by 10 percent for each 

21 period of five days during which the issues are not 

22 remediated; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the amount of any such reduction shall be 

24 returned to the tenant to whom such amount was 

25 provided. 


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1 ‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE OF RIGHTS.—(1) Each housing of2 fice of a military installation shall disclose in writing to 

3 each new tenant of a housing unit under this subchapter, 

4 upon the signing of the lease for the housing unit, their 

5 rights with respect to the housing unit and the procedures 

6 under this section for filing a claim against the landlord 

7 responsible for the housing unit. 

8 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each 

9 lease entered into with a tenant for a housing unit under 

10 this subchapter clearly expresses in a separate addendum 

11 the procedures under this section for filing a claim against 

12 the landlord responsible for the housing unit. 

13 ‘‘(c) RELOCATION.—(1) The Secretary concerned 

14 shall include in any contract with a landlord responsible 

15 for a housing unit under this subchapter under the juris16 diction of the Secretary concerned a requirement that the 

17 landlord pay all costs associated with relocation of a ten18 ant of such unit, including moving services, temporary 

19 lodging, per diem, and any other reasonable costs associ20 ated with such relocation, if the housing office with juris21 diction over the housing unit finds that the housing unit 

22 requires renovations or maintenance that necessitate the 

23 tenant relocating permanently or temporarily. 

24 ‘‘(2) In the case of renovations or maintenance to a 

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1 ant relocating permanently or temporarily, the tenant may 

2 relocate to a residence outside of the military installation 

3 at which the housing unit is located without incurring any 

4 penalty from the landlord or the Department of Defense. 

5 ‘‘(d) APPROVAL OF COMPLETED WORK.—A landlord 

6 responsible for a housing unit under this subchapter may 

7 not indicate on the maintenance work order system of the 

8 landlord that maintenance work was completed until the 

9 tenant of such housing unit approves the completion of 

10 the maintenance work in writing. 

11 ‘‘(e) PAYMENT OF MEDICAL BILLS.—The Secretary 

12 concerned shall include in any contract with a landlord 

13 responsible for a housing unit under this subchapter under 

14 the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned a requirement 

15 that, if the landlord is found by the Secretary concerned 

16 to have not maintained the minimum standards of habit17 ability for such housing unit, the landlord shall pay all 

18 medical bills for a tenant of such housing unit that are 

19 associated with the conditions of such housing unit that 

20 do not meet such minimum standards. 

21 ‘‘(f) REPORT ON DENIED APPEALS.—The com22 mander of each military installation shall submit to the 

23 congressional defense committees, not less frequently than 

24 annually, a report on all appeals to such commander under 


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1 subsection (b)(3) that were denied during the year covered 

2 by the report. 

3 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON USE OF OTHER

4 ADJUDICATIVE BODIES.—Nothing in this section or any 

5 other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit a ten6 ant of a housing unit under this subchapter from pursuing 

7 a claim against a landlord in any adjudicative body with 

8 jurisdiction over the housing unit. 

9 ‘‘(h) TREATMENT OF HOUSING LAWS.—Notwith10 standing any other provision of law, all Federal, State, 

11 and local housing protections that would otherwise apply 

12 to a tenant located in a jurisdiction surrounding a military 

13 installation in the United States, including standards re14 lating to habitability and defenses to eviction, shall apply 

15 to a tenant residing in a housing unit under this sub16 chapter that is located on a military installation. 

17 ‘‘§ 2889. Complaint database 

18 ‘‘(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De19 fense shall establish a database that is available to the 

20 public of complaints relating to housing units under this 

21 subchapter. 

22 ‘‘(b) FILING OF COMPLAINTS.—The Secretary shall 

23 ensure that a tenant of a housing unit under this sub24 chapter may file a complaint relating to such housing unit 

25 for inclusion in the database under subsection (a). 


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1 ‘‘(c) RESPONSE BY LANDLORD.—(1) The Secretary 

2 shall include in any contract with a landlord responsible 

3 for a housing unit under this subchapter a requirement 

4 that the landlord respond to any complaints included in 

5 the database under subsection (a) that relate to the hous6 ing unit. 

7 ‘‘(2) Any response under paragraph (1) shall be in8 cluded in the database under subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘§ 2890. Screening and registry of individuals with 

10 health conditions resulting from unsafe 

11 housing units 

12 ‘‘(a) SCREENING.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in 

13 consultation with appropriate scientific agencies as deter14 mined by the Secretary, shall ensure that all military med15 ical treatment facilities screen eligible individuals for cov16 ered conditions. 

17 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may establish procedures through 

18 which screening under paragraph (1) may allow an eligible 

19 individual to be included in the registry under subsection 

20 (b). 

21 ‘‘(b) REGISTRY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 

22 establish and maintain a registry of eligible individuals 

23 who have a covered condition. 

24 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall include any information in 

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1 mines necessary to ascertain and monitor the health of 

2 eligible individuals and the connection between the health 

3 of such individuals and an unsafe housing unit under this 

4 subchapter. 

5 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall develop a public information 

6 campaign to inform eligible individuals about the registry 

7 under paragraph (1), including how to register and the 

8 benefits of registering. 

9 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered condition’ means a med11 ical condition that is determined by the Secretary of 

12 Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe 

13 housing unit under this subchapter. 

14 ‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible individual’ means a 

15 member of the Armed Forces or a family member of 

16 a member of the Armed Forces who has resided in 

17 an unsafe housing unit under this subchapter.’’. 

18 ‘‘§ 2891. Financial transparency 

19 ‘‘(a) PUBLICATION OF DETAILS OF CONTRACTS.—(1) 

20 Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of De21 fense shall publish in the Federal Register the financial 

22 details of each contract for the management of housing 

23 units under this subchapter. 

24 ‘‘(2) The financial details published under paragraph 

25 (1) shall include the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Base management fees for managing the 

2 housing units. 

3 ‘‘(B) Incentive fees relating to the housing 

4 units, including details on the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) Metrics upon which such incentive fees 

6 are paid. 

7 ‘‘(ii) Whether incentive fees were paid in 

8 full or withheld in part or in full during the 

9 year covered by the publication, and if so, why. 

10 ‘‘(C) Asset management fees relating to the 

11 housing units. 

12 ‘‘(D) Preferred return fees relating to the hous13 ing units. 

14 ‘‘(E) Any deferred fees or other fees relating to 

15 the housing units. 

16 ‘‘(F) Residual cash flow distributions relating 

17 to the housing units. 

18 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.—(1) The 

19 Secretary of Defense shall require that each landlord sub20 mit to the Secretary, not less frequently than annually, 

21 financial statements equivalent to a 10–K (or successor 

22 form) for— 

23 ‘‘(A) the landlord; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) each contract entered into between the 

2 landlord and the Department of Defense under this 

3 subchapter. 

4 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall publish on a publicly avail5 able website of the Department of Defense the information 

6 submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1) not later 

7 than 15 days after receiving that information.’’. 

8 (b) LANDLORD DEFINED.—Section 2871 of such title 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 

11 paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 

12 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol13 lowing new paragraph (7): 

14 ‘‘(7) The term ‘landlord’ means an eligible enti15 ty or lessor who owns, manages, or is otherwise re16 sponsible for a housing unit under this subchapter.’’. 

17 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 at the beginning of chapter 169 of such title is amended 

19 by inserting after the item relating to section 2886 the 

20 following new items: 

‘‘2887. Oversight by Department of Defense of contracts and housing units. 

‘‘2888. Tenant rights. 

‘‘2889. Complaint database. 

‘‘2890. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions resulting 

from unsafe housing units. 

‘‘2891. Financial transparency.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON PRIVATE MILITARY HOUSING. 

2 Section 2884 of title 10, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new sub4 section: 

5 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT ON HOUSING.—(1) Not less 

6 frequently than annually, the Secretary of Defense shall 

7 submit to the congressional defense committees and pub8 lish on a publicly available website of the Department of 

9 Defense a report on housing units under this subchapter, 

10 disaggregated by military installation. 

11 ‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 

12 shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) An assessment of the condition of housing 

14 units under this subchapter based on the average 

15 age of those units and the estimated time until re16 capitalization. 

17 ‘‘(B) An analysis of complaints of tenants of 

18 such housing units. 

19 ‘‘(C) An assessment of maintenance response 

20 times and completion of maintenance requests relat21 ing to such housing units. 

22 ‘‘(D) An assessment of dispute resolution relat23 ing to such housing units. 

24 ‘‘(E) An assessment of overall customer service 

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1 ‘‘(F) A description of the results of no-notice 

2 housing inspections conducted for such housing 

3 units under section 2887(c) of this title. 

4 ‘‘(G) The results of resident surveys conducted 

5 under section 2887(d) of this title.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR ILL7 NESSES ASSOCIATED WITH RESIDING IN PRI8 VATE MILITARY HOUSING. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 11 of 

10 title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 1119. Presumptions of service connection for ill13 nesses associated with residing in private 

14 military housing 

15 ‘‘(a) PRESUMPTION.—(1) For purposes of section 

16 1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of this title, 

17 each illness, if any, described in paragraph (2) shall be 

18 considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by serv19 ice described in that paragraph, notwithstanding that 

20 there is no record of evidence of such illness during the 

21 period of such service. 

22 ‘‘(2) An illness described in this paragraph is any di23 agnosed or undiagnosed illness that— 

24 ‘‘(A) the Secretary determines, in consultation 

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1 Registry, in regulations prescribed under this section 

2 to warrant a presumption of service connection by 

3 reason of having a positive association with resi4 dence in a private military housing unit while serv5 ing in the Armed Forces during a period determined 

6 by the Secretary in consultation with the Agency for 

7 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; and 

8 ‘‘(B) becomes manifest within the period, if 

9 any, prescribed in such regulations in a veteran who 

10 resided in a private military housing unit during 

11 service in the Armed Forces. 

12 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, a veteran who 

13 resided in a private military housing unit while serving 

14 in the Armed Forces during the period described in para15 graph (2) and who has an illness described in such para16 graph shall be presumed to have developed that illness by 

17 reason of such service unless there is conclusive evidence 

18 to establish that the veteran developed that illness through 

19 another means. 

20 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO DISEASES.— 

21 (1) Whenever the Secretary determines, in consultation 

22 with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Reg23 istry, on the basis of sound medical and scientific evidence, 

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1 ease in humans, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations 

2 providing that a presumption of service connection is war3 ranted for that disease for the purposes of this section. 

4 ‘‘(2) In making determinations for the purpose of this 

5 subsection, the Secretary shall take into account all other 

6 sound medical and scientific information and analyses 

7 available to the Secretary. In evaluating any study for the 

8 purpose of making such determinations, the Secretary 

9 shall take into consideration whether the results are statis10 tically significant, are capable of replication, and with11 stand peer review. 

12 ‘‘(3) An association under paragraph (1) shall be con13 sidered to be positive for the purposes of this section if 

14 the credible evidence for the association is equal to or out15 weighs the credible evidence against the association. 

16 ‘‘(c) REMOVAL OF DISEASES.—Whenever a disease is 

17 removed from regulations prescribed under this section— 

18 ‘‘(1) a veteran who was awarded compensation 

19 for such disease on the basis of the presumption pro20 vided in subsection (a) before the effective date of 

21 the removal shall continue to be entitled to receive 

22 compensation on that basis; and 

23 ‘‘(2) a survivor of a veteran who was awarded 

24 dependency and indemnity compensation for the 

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1 the basis of such presumption shall continue to be 

2 entitled to receive dependency and indemnity com3 pensation on such basis. 

4 ‘‘(d) PRIVATE MILITARY HOUSING UNIT DE5 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘private military housing 

6 unit’ means a housing unit under subchapter IV of chap7 ter 169 of title 10.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

10 after the item relating to section 1118 the following new 

11 item: 

‘‘1119. Presumptions of service connection for illnesses associated with residing 

in private military housing.’’. 

12 SEC. 5. HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURS13 ING HOME CARE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF 

14 VETERANS WHO RESIDED IN PRIVATE MILI15 TARY HOUSING. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 

17 title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

18 section 1786 following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 1786A. Health care of family members of veterans 

20 who resided in private military housing 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A family member of a veteran 

22 described in paragraph (3) of section 1119(a) of this title 

23 who resided in a private military housing unit during the 

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1 was in utero during such period while the mother of such 

2 family member resided in such housing unit, shall be eligi3 ble for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home 

4 care furnished by the Secretary for any covered illness 

5 that is associated with residing in a private military hous6 ing unit during such period. 

7 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered illness’ means an illness 

9 described in section 1119(a)(2) of this title. 

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘private military housing unit’ 

11 has the meaning given that term in section 1119(d) 

12 of this title.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

15 after the item relating to section 1786 the following new 

16 item: 

‘‘1786A. Health care of family members of veterans who resided in private military housing.’’. 

17 SEC. 6. ETHICAL LIMITATIONS RELATING TO OWNERSHIP 

18 OF PRIVATE MILITARY HOUSING ENTITIES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 208 of title 18, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(e)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘covered indi23 vidual’ means an individual— 

24 ‘‘(A) who— 


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1 ‘‘(i) is serving as a Member of Congress 

2 (as defined in section 2106 of title 5); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) serves on the Committee on Armed 

4 Services of the Senate or the Committee on 

5 Armed Services of the House of Representa6 tives; 

7 ‘‘(B) who is an employee (as defined in section 

8 2105 of title 5) of the Department of Defense who 

9 is serving— 

10 ‘‘(i) in a Senior Executive Service position 

11 (as defined in section 3132 of title 5); 

12 ‘‘(ii) in a position on the Executive Sched13 ule under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 

14 5; or 

15 ‘‘(iii) in any other position for which the 

16 rate of compensation is at or above the min17 imum rate of compensation for a Senior Execu18 tive Service position in the Department of De19 fense; or 

20 ‘‘(C) who is a member of the Armed Forces 

21 serving in a position for which the pay grade is at 

22 or above level O–6. 

23 ‘‘(2) A covered individual may not own any interest 

24 (other than as part of a widely held investment fund de25 scribed in section 102(f)(8) of the Ethics in Government 


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1 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)) in an entity that owns or 

2 manages a housing unit under subchapter IV of chapter 

3 169 of title 10.’’. 

4 (b) CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.—Section 216 of title 18, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(which shall 

7 not include a violation of subsection (e) of such sec8 tion 208)’’ after ‘‘208’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 

10 inserting ‘‘or a violation of section 208(e)’’ after 

11 ‘‘209 of this title’’; and 

12 (3) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 

14 a violation of section 208(e)’’ after ‘‘209 of this 

15 title’’; and 

16 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 

17 ‘‘or violation’’ after ‘‘such an offense’’. 

18 SEC. 7. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS. 

19 The Secretary of Defense may modify any contract 

20 entered into under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

21 10, United States Code, for purposes of carrying out this 

22 Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

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