Protecting Military Families with Disabilities Act

Bill: 117-hr-2378
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-08
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance

Housing for the elderly and disabled

Landlord and tenant

Military personnel and dependents

Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Military Families with Disabilities Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a landlord who provides housing for Department of Defense installations from collecting a supplemental payment in addition to rent to modify or upgrade a unit to facilitate occupancy by a disabled individual and comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2378 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2021 Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma (for herself and Ms. Jacobs of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to reiterate that the prohibition against the collection from tenants of privatized military housing units of amounts in addition to rent includes supplemental payments to recover costs associated with unit modifications or upgrades needed to comply with standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Military Families with Disabilities Act . 2. Clarification of prohibition against collection from tenants of privatized military housing units of amounts in addition to rent Section 2891a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Costs incurred to modify or upgrade a housing unit to comply with standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and facilitate occupancy of the housing unit by an individual with a disability (as defined in section 3 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12102 )) may not be considered optional services under paragraph (2)(A)(i) or another exception to the prohibition in paragraph (1) against collection from tenants of housing units of amounts in addition to rent. .