Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to access and inspect privatized military housing units, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill gives the Department of Defense the authority to inspect a completed military-housing project developed and operated by a private developer.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3505 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3505

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to access and inspect privatized military housing units, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2019

Mr. Brown of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Defense to access and inspect privatized military housing units, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTION AUTHORITY 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.--
            ``(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 supporting facility, or common area 
        acquired, constructed, 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 ensure 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 military 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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