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10 U.S.C. § 2894a

Title 10 Chapter 169 Current through PL 119-73 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 2894a. Complaint database

  • (a) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a database of complaints made by a tenant regarding covered dwelling units.
  • (b) The database shall be available to the public.
  • (c) The Secretary of Defense shall permit a tenant of a covered dwelling unit to file a complaint regarding the covered dwelling unit for inclusion in the database.
  • (d)
    • (1) Information accessible in the database regarding a complaint shall include the following:
      • (A) The name of the installation for which the covered dwelling unit is provided.
      • (B) The name of the landlord responsible for the covered dwelling unit.
      • (C) A description of the nature of the complaint.
    • (2) The Secretary of Defense may not disclose personally identifiable information through the database.
  • (e)
    • (1) The Secretary of Defense shall include in any contract with a landlord responsible for a housing unit a requirement that the landlord respond in a timely manner to any complaints included in the database that relate to the housing unit.
    • (2) The Secretary shall include landlord responses in the database.
  • (f) In this section:
    • (1) The term “covered armed force” means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
    • (2) The term “covered dwelling unit” means a unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied housing, or barracks—
      • (A) that is acquired or constructed pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title;
      • (B) in which a member of a covered armed force resides; and
      • (C) that such member does not own.
    • (3) The term “tenant” means any of the following:
      • (A) A member of a covered armed force who resides in a covered dwelling unit.
      • (B) A dependent of a member described in subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered dwelling unit.

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