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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8642 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Department of 
Defense Military Housing Readiness Council, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2022 
Ms. JACOBS of California (for herself, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Ms. PORTER, 
and Mr. RYAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the 
Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness 
Council, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY HOUS-
ING READINESS COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 88 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1781c 
the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 1781d. Department of Defense Military Housing 
Readiness Council 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department of 
Defense the Department of Defense Military Housing 
Readiness Council (in this section referred to as the 
‘Council’). 
‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—(1) The Council shall be composed 
of the following members: 
‘‘(A) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment, who shall 
serve as chair of the Council and who may designate 
a representative to chair the Council in the absence 
of the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(B) One representative of each of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force, 
each of whom shall be a member of the armed force 
to be represented and not fewer than two of which 
shall be from an enlisted component. 
‘‘(C) One spouse of an active component mem-
ber of each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, and Space Force, not fewer than two of 
which shall be the spouse of an enlisted component 
member. 
‘‘(D) One individual appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense among representatives of the Inter-
national Code Council. 
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‘‘(E) One individual appointed by the Secretary 
of Defense among representatives of the Institute of 
Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification. 
‘‘(F) One individual appointed by the Chair of 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate who 
is not described in subparagraph (B) or (C) and is 
not a representative of an organization specified in 
subparagraph (D) or (E). 
‘‘(G) One individual appointed by the Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate who is not described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) and is not a representative of an organization 
specified in subparagraph (D) or (E). 
‘‘(H) One individual appointed by the Chair of 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives who is not described in subpara-
graph (B) or (C) and is not a representative of an 
organization specified in subparagraph (D) or (E). 
‘‘(I) One individual appointed by the Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives who is not described in 
subparagraph (B) or (C) and is not a representative 
of an organization specified in subparagraph (D) or 
(E). 
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‘‘(2) The term on the Council of the members speci-
fied under subparagraphs (B) through (H) of paragraph 
(1) shall be two years and may be renewed by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
‘‘(3) The chair of the Council shall extend an invita-
tion to each landlord for one representative of each land-
lord to attend such meetings of the Council as the chair 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not less 
often than four times each year. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Council shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(1) To review and make recommendations to 
the Secretary of Defense regarding policies for 
privatized military housing, including inspections 
practices, resident surveys, landlord payment of 
medical bills for residents of housing units that have 
not maintained minimum standards of habitability, 
and access to maintenance work order systems. 
‘‘(2) To monitor compliance by the Department 
with and effective implementation by the Depart-
ment of statutory improvements to policies for 
privatized military housing, including the Military 
Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of 
Rights developed under section 2890 of this title and 
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the complaint database established under section 
2894a of this title. 
‘‘(3) To make recommendations to the Sec-
retary of Defense to improve collaboration, aware-
ness, and promotion of accurate and timely informa-
tion about privatized military housing, accommoda-
tions available through the Exceptional Family 
Member Program of the Department of Defense, 
and other support services among policymakers, 
service providers, and targeted beneficiaries. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC REPORTING.—(1) Subject to section 
552 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Freedom of Infor-
mation Act’), the records, reports, transcripts, minutes, 
appendices, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, and 
other documents made available to or prepared for or by 
the Council shall be available for public inspection and 
copying at a single location in a publicly accessible format 
on a website of the Department of Defense until the Coun-
cil ceases to exist. 
‘‘(2)(A) Detailed minutes of each meeting of the 
Council shall be kept and shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a record of the individuals present; 
‘‘(ii) a complete and accurate description of 
matters discussed and conclusions reached; and 
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‘‘(iii) copies of all reports received, issued, or 
approved by the Council. 
‘‘(B) The chair of the Council shall certify the accu-
racy of the minutes of each meeting of the Council. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than March 
1 each year, the Council shall submit to the Secretary of 
Defense and the congressional defense committees a re-
port on privatized military housing readiness. 
‘‘(2) Each report under this subsection shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the adequacy and effec-
tiveness of the provision of privatized military hous-
ing and the activities of the Department of Defense 
in meeting the needs of military families relating to 
housing during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) A description of activities of the Council 
during the preceding fiscal year, including— 
‘‘(i) analyses of complaints of tenants of 
housing units; 
‘‘(ii) data received by the Council on main-
tenance response time and completion of main-
tenance requests relating to housing units; 
‘‘(iii) assessments of dispute resolution 
processes; 
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‘‘(iv) assessments of overall customer serv-
ice for tenants; 
‘‘(v) assessments of results of housing in-
spections conducted with and without notice; 
and 
‘‘(vi) any survey results conducted on be-
half of or received by the Council. 
‘‘(C) Recommendations on actions to be taken 
to improve the capability of the provision of 
privatized military housing and the activities of the 
Department of Defense to meet the needs and re-
quirements of military families relating to housing, 
including actions relating to the allocation of fund-
ing and other resources. 
‘‘(3) Each report under this subsection shall be made 
available in a publicly accessible format on a website of 
the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘landlord’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 2871 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘privatized military housing’ 
means housing provided under subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
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after the item relating to section 1781c the following new 
item: 
‘‘1781d. Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council.’’. 
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