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regarding the management of military housing con-
structed or acquired using the alternative authority 
for the acquisition and improvement of military hous-
ing under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) Recommendations to address such personnel 
shortages in order to eliminate management problems 
regarding such military housing, ensure oversight of 
the partner’s execution of the housing agreement and 
the delivery of all requirements in accordance with 
implementing guidance provided by the Secretaries of 
the military departments, improve oversight of and 
expedite the work-order process, and facilitate a posi-
tive experience for members of the Armed Forces and 
their dependents who reside in military housing. 
(b) PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS.—As part of the 
recommendations required by subsection (a)(2), the Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(1) determine the number of additional personnel 
who are required, the installation and headquarter lo-
cations at which they will be employed, the employ-
ment positions they will fill, and the duties they will 
perform; 
(2) identify the number of additional personnel 
already hired as of the date on which the report is 
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submitted and their locations and the timeline for 
employing the remaining required personnel; and 
(3) estimate the cost of employing the additional 
personnel. 
SEC. 2818. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE OVERSIGHT OF PRIVATIZED 
MILITARY HOUSING. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2022, the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Defense shall— 
(1) conduct a review at not less than 15 ran-
domly selected military installations of the oversight 
by the Secretary of Defense of privatized military 
housing at such installations; and 
(2) make publicly available on a website of the 
Department a summary of the results of such review. 
SEC. 2819. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTION AU-
THORITY REGARDING PRIVATIZED MILITARY 
HOUSING. 
(a) INSPECTION AUTHORITY.—Section 2885 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) POST-CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AND INSPECTION 
AUTHORITY.— 
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‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary concerned 
shall retain the authority after the completion of a 
military housing privatization project to access and 
inspect any military housing unit, ancillary sup-
porting facility, or common area acquired, con-
structed, or renovated as part of the project in order 
to protect the health and safety of members of the 
armed forces and their dependents who occupy the 
privatized military housing units. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE AND RIGHT OF REFUSAL OF ACCESS 
AND INSPECTION.—The Secretary concerned shall en-
sure that the individuals who lease or are assigned a 
military housing unit— 
‘‘(A) are provided not less than 48 hours 
notice prior to the Secretary concerned accessing 
and inspecting the unit as authorized under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) have the right to refuse the Secretary 
concerned such access.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION
OF AMENDMENT.— 
Subsection (g) of section 2885 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to each mili-
tary housing privatization project completed prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and to each such project 
completed on or after such date. 
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SEC. 2820. IMPROVEMENT OF PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUS-
ING. 
(a) COMPLAINT DATABASE AND FINANCIAL TRANS-
PARENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 169 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 2887. Complaint database 
‘‘(a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a database that is available to the public of 
complaints relating to housing units under this subchapter. 
‘‘(b) FILING OF COMPLAINTS.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that a tenant of a housing unit under this subchapter 
may file a complaint relating to such housing unit for in-
clusion in the database under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) RESPONSE BY LANDLORD.—(1) The Secretary 
shall include in any contract with a landlord responsible 
for a housing unit under this subchapter a requirement that 
the landlord respond to any complaints included in the 
database under subsection (a) that relate to the housing 
unit. 
‘‘(2) Any response under paragraph (1) shall be in-
cluded in the database under subsection (a). 
‘‘§ 2888. Financial transparency 
‘‘(a) AUDITS OF AGREEMENTS WITH PARTNERS.—(1) 
Not less frequently than annually, the Comptroller General 
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of the United States, in accordance with best audit prac-
tices, shall randomly select one small, medium, and large 
military installation participating in the Military 
Privatized Housing Initiative for the purposes of con-
ducting a full financial audit of the privatized housing 
project or projects at each installation. The results of audits 
conducted under this section shall be provided to the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) Audits conducted under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude an analysis, at a minimum, of the following: 
‘‘(A) Base management fees for managing the 
housing units. 
‘‘(B) Incentive fees relating to the housing units, 
including details on the following: 
‘‘(i) Metrics upon which such incentive fees 
are paid. 
‘‘(ii) Whether incentive fees were paid in 
full or withheld in part or in full during the 
year covered by the publication, and if so, why. 
‘‘(C) Asset management fees relating to the hous-
ing units. 
‘‘(D) Preferred return fees relating to the housing 
units. 
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