I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10342 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Ms. JACOBS (for herself, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 
and in addition to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, and the Judici-
ary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Housing Over-
sight and Service Member Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF OVERSIGHT OF PRIVATIZED 
MILITARY HOUSING. 
(a) OVERSIGHT
OF
CONTRACTS
AND
HOUSING 
UNITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 
169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2885a. Oversight of contracts and housing units 
‘‘(a) OVERSIGHT OF CONTRACTS.—(1) The Secretary 
of Defense shall establish formal written requirements and 
guidance for entering into and renewing contracts under 
this subchapter. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall rescind a contract under this sub-
chapter if the other party to the contract, based on 
credible evidence, fails to cure a material breach of 
such contract committed by such party within 90 
days; and 
‘‘(B) shall not permit the other party to a con-
tract rescinded under subparagraph (A) to enter into 
new contracts with the Secretary or undertake ex-
pansions under existing contracts with the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary concerned, shall adopt a formal written con-
tingency plan for the management of housing units in the 
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event that a contract relating to those housing units is 
rescinded under paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(b) HOUSING OFFICE EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that each housing office at a mili-
tary installation consists only of employees of the military 
department concerned. 
‘‘(c) INSPECTIONS
OF HOUSING UNITS.—(1) The 
Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(A) provide for the conduct of regular building 
code and health inspections of housing units, con-
sistent with industry standards, which shall include, 
at a minimum, inspection during and after any new 
construction or renovation of a housing unit; 
‘‘(B) employ a sufficient number of independent 
housing inspectors with all appropriate State and 
local inspection certifications to conduct inspections 
under subparagraph (A) without notice to landlords; 
and 
‘‘(C) provide appropriate oversight to ensure 
that all maintenance for such housing units is com-
pleted in accordance with all applicable Federal, 
State, and local health and building codes. 
‘‘(2)(A) In providing for the conduct of inspections 
of housing units under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary 
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shall permit State and local housing inspectors to conduct 
inspections of such units without notice to landlords. 
‘‘(B) Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary 
shall notify State and local housing inspectors that they 
are permitted on a military installation to conduct inspec-
tions under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘independent hous-
ing inspector’ means a housing inspector that is not an 
employee of the landlord of the housing unit being in-
spected, including any subsidiary of the landlord.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such subchapter is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 
2885 the following new item: 
‘‘2885a. Oversight of contracts and housing units.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF HOUSING LAWS.—Section 2890 
of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g) TREATMENT
OF HOUSING LAWS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all Federal, State, 
and local housing protections that would otherwise apply 
to an individual located in a jurisdiction surrounding a 
military installation in the United States, including stand-
ards relating to habitability and defenses to eviction, shall 
apply to an individual residing in a housing unit that is 
located on a military installation.’’. 
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work order system of the landlord that maintenance work 
was completed until an independent inspector approves the 
completion of the maintenance work in writing.’’. 
(e) SCREENING
AND REGISTRY
OF INDIVIDUALS 
WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM UNSAFE 
HOUSING UNITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter V of chapter 
169 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2895. Screening and registry of individuals with 
health conditions resulting from unsafe 
housing units 
‘‘(a) SCREENING.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with appropriate scientific entities as deter-
mined by the Secretary, shall ensure that all military med-
ical treatment facilities screen eligible individuals for cov-
ered conditions. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may establish procedures through 
which screening under paragraph (1) will allow an eligible 
individual to be included in the registry under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(b) REGISTRY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish and maintain a registry of eligible individuals 
who have a covered condition. 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary shall include any information in 
the registry under paragraph (1) that the Secretary deter-
mines necessary to ascertain and monitor the health of 
eligible individuals and the connection between the health 
of such individuals and an unsafe housing unit. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall develop a public information 
campaign to inform eligible individuals about the registry 
under paragraph (1), including how to register and the 
benefits of registering. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered condition’ means a med-
ical condition that is determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe 
housing unit. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible individual’ means a 
member of the Armed Forces or a family member of 
a member of the Armed Forces who has resided in 
an unsafe housing unit.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 2894a 
the following new item: 
‘‘2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions resulting 
from unsafe housing units.’’. 
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SEC. 3. PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR ILL-
NESSES OR CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 
RESIDING IN PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUS-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 11 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1120A. Presumptions of service connection for ill-
nesses or conditions associated with re-
siding in privatized military housing 
‘‘(a) PRESUMPTION.—(1) For purposes of section 
1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of this title, 
each illness or condition, if any, described in paragraph 
(2) shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggra-
vated by service described in that paragraph, notwith-
standing that there is no record of evidence of such illness 
or condition during the period of such service. 
‘‘(2) An illness or condition described in this para-
graph is any diagnosed or undiagnosed illness or condition 
that— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines, in consultation 
with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry, in regulations prescribed under section 
1174 of this title to warrant a presumption of serv-
ice connection by reason of having a positive associa-
tion with residence in a privatized military housing 
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unit while serving in the Armed Forces during a pe-
riod determined by the Secretary in consultation 
with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry; and 
‘‘(B) becomes manifest within the period, if 
any, prescribed in such regulations in a veteran who 
resided in a privatized military housing unit during 
service in the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, a veteran who 
resided in a privatized military housing unit while serving 
in the Armed Forces during the period described in para-
graph (2) and who has an illness or condition described 
in such paragraph shall be presumed to have developed 
that illness or condition by reason of such service unless 
there is conclusive evidence to establish that the veteran 
developed that illness or condition through another means. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO ILLNESSES OR 
CONDITIONS.—(1) Whenever the Secretary determines, in 
consultation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, on the basis of sound medical and sci-
entific evidence, that a positive association exists between 
residence in a privatized military housing unit and the oc-
currence of an illness or condition, the Secretary shall pre-
scribe regulations (in accordance with section 1174 of this 
title) providing that a presumption of service connection 
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is warranted for that illness or condition for the purposes 
of this section. 
‘‘(2) In making determinations for the purpose of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall take into account all other 
sound medical and scientific information and analyses 
available to the Secretary. In evaluating any study for the 
purpose of making such determinations, the Secretary 
shall take into consideration whether the results are statis-
tically significant, are capable of replication, and with-
stand peer review. 
‘‘(3) An association under paragraph (1) shall be con-
sidered to be positive for the purposes of this section if 
the credible evidence for the association is equal to or out-
weighs the credible evidence against the association. 
‘‘(c) REMOVAL
OF ILLNESSES
OR CONDITIONS.— 
Whenever an illness or condition is removed from regula-
tions prescribed under this section— 
‘‘(1) a veteran who was awarded compensation 
for such illness or condition on the basis of the pre-
sumption provided in subsection (a) before the effec-
tive date of the removal shall continue to be entitled 
to receive compensation on that basis; and 
‘‘(2) a survivor of a veteran who was awarded 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the 
death of a veteran resulting from such illness or con-
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dition on the basis of such presumption shall con-
tinue to be entitled to receive dependency and in-
demnity compensation on such basis. 
‘‘(d) PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING UNIT DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘privatized military 
housing unit’ means a housing unit under subchapter IV 
of chapter 169 of title 10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1120 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1120A. Presumptions of service connection for illnesses or conditions associ-
ated with residing in privatized military housing.’’. 
SEC. 4. HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURS-
ING HOME CARE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF 
VETERANS WHO RESIDED IN PRIVATIZED 
MILITARY HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1787 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1787A. Health care of family members of veterans 
who resided in privatized military hous-
ing 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A family member of a veteran 
described in paragraph (3) of section 1120A(a) of this title 
who resided in a privatized military housing unit during 
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the period described in paragraph (2) of such section, or 
who was in utero during such period while the mother of 
such family member resided in such housing unit, shall 
be eligible for hospital care, medical services, and nursing 
home care furnished by the Secretary for any covered ill-
ness or condition that is associated with residing in a 
privatized military housing unit during such period. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—(1) The Secretary may only fur-
nish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home 
care under subsection (a) to the extent and in the amount 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts for such pur-
pose. 
‘‘(2) Hospital care, medical services, and nursing 
home care may not be furnished under subsection (a) for 
an illness or condition of a family member that is found, 
in accordance with guidelines issued by the Under Sec-
retary for Health, to have resulted from a cause other 
than the residence of the family member described in that 
subsection. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered illness or condition’ 
means an illness or condition described in section 
1120A(a)(2) of this title. 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘privatized military housing unit’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
1120A(d) of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1787 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1787A. Health care of family members of veterans who resided in privatized 
military housing.’’. 
SEC. 5. ETHICAL LIMITATIONS RELATING TO OWNERSHIP 
OF PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING ENTI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 208 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘covered indi-
vidual’ means an individual— 
‘‘(A) who— 
‘‘(i) is serving as a Member of Congress 
(as defined in section 2106 of title 5); and 
‘‘(ii) serves on the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate or the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives; 
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‘‘(B) who is an employee (as defined in section 
2105 of title 5) of the Department of Defense who 
is serving— 
‘‘(i) in a Senior Executive Service position 
(as defined in section 3132 of title 5); 
‘‘(ii) in a position on the Executive Sched-
ule under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 
5; or 
‘‘(iii) in any other position for which the 
rate of compensation is at or above the min-
imum rate of compensation for a Senior Execu-
tive Service position in the Department of De-
fense; or 
‘‘(C) who is a member of the Armed Forces 
serving in a position for which the pay grade is at 
or above level O–7. 
‘‘(2) A covered individual may not own any interest 
(other than as part of a widely-held investment fund de-
scribed in section 13104(f)(8) of title 5) in an entity that 
owns or manages a housing unit under subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of title 10.’’. 
(b) CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.—Section 216 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(which shall 
not include a violation of subsection (e) of such sec-
tion 208)’’ after ‘‘208’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘or a violation of section 208(e)’’ after 
‘‘209 of this title’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 
a violation of section 208(e)’’ after ‘‘209 of this 
title’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or violation’’ after ‘‘such an offense’’. 
SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may modify any contract 
or agreement entered into under subchapter IV of chapter 
169 of title 10, United States Code, for purposes of car-
rying out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
Æ 
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