Title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a feedback tool for use by members of the Armed Forces and their spouses to identify, rate, and compare housing, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a feedback tool through which members of the Armed Forces and their spouses may anonymously identify, rate, and compare housing under the jurisdiction of DOD, including privatized military housing.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7144

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a feedback tool for use 
by members of the Armed Forces and their spouses to identify, rate, and 
                compare housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2022

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Carbajal) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a feedback tool for use 
by members of the Armed Forces and their spouses to identify, rate, and 
                compare housing, 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. MILITARY HOUSING FEEDBACK TOOL.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop a feedback 
tool, such as a rating system or similar mechanism, under which members 
of the Armed Forces and their spouses may anonymously identify, rate, 
and compare housing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense 
(including privatized military housing).
    (b) Components.--The tool required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following components:
            (1) The capability for users to--
                    (A) rate housing using multiple quality measures, 
                including safety, the timeliness and quality of 
                maintenance services, and the responsiveness of 
                management;
                    (B) upload visual media, including images; and
                    (C) include written comments.
            (2) A comparison feature that can be used to compare 
        ratings for different housing communities.
            (3) Accessibility by members of the Armed Forces, their 
        family members, and members of Congress.
    (c) Reporting Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, and make available to the Secretary of each of the 
military departments, an annual report that includes a summary of the 
data collected using the feedback tool required under this section 
during the year covered by the report.
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