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10 U.S.C. § 2857 — Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units
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**(a) Requiring Use of Devices on Certain Windows.—**
(1) **Requirement.—** — The Secretary concerned shall ensure that if a window in any military family housing unit is described in subsection (c), including a window designed for emergency escape or rescue, the window is equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (3).
(2) **Effective date.—** — Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the following military family housing units:
(A) A unit for which the contract for the construction of the unit is first entered into after October 1, 2019.
(B) Any other unit which is subject to a whole-house renovation project for which the contract is entered into on or after October 1, 2019.
(3) **Fall prevention device described.—** — A fall prevention device is a window screen or guard that complies with applicable standards in ASTM standard F2090–13 (or any successor standard).
**(b) Retrofitting or Replacing Existing Windows.—**
(1) **Program to retrofit existing windows.—** — The Secretary concerned shall carry out a program under which, in military family housing units which are not subject to the requirements of subsection (a), windows which are described in subsection (c), including windows designed for emergency escape or rescue, are retrofitted to be equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) or are replaced with windows which are equipped with fall prevention devices described in such paragraph.
(2) **Grants.—** — The Secretary concerned may carry out the program under this subsection by making grants to private entities to retrofit or replace existing windows, in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish by regulation.
(3) **Use of operations funding.—** — The Secretary may carry ou
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**(a) Requiring Use of Devices on Certain Windows.—**
(1) **Requirement.—** — The Secretary concerned shall ensure that if a window in any military family housing unit is described in subsection (c), including a window designed for emergency escape or rescue, the window is equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (3).
(2) **Effective date.—** — Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the following military family housing units:
(A) A unit for which the contract for the construction of the unit is first entered into after October 1, 2019.
(B) Any other unit which is subject to a whole-house renovation project for which the contract is entered into on or after October 1, 2019.
(3) **Fall prevention device described.—** — A fall prevention device is a window screen or guard that complies with applicable standards in ASTM standard F2090–13 (or any successor standard).
**(b) Retrofitting or Replacing Existing Windows.—**
(1) **Program to retrofit existing windows.—** — The Secretary concerned shall carry out a program under which, in military family housing units which are not subject to the requirements of subsection (a), windows which are described in subsection (c), including windows designed for emergency escape or rescue, are retrofitted to be equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) or are replaced with windows which are equipped with fall prevention devices described in such paragraph.
(2) **Grants.—** — The Secretary concerned may carry out the program under this subsection by making grants to private entities to retrofit or replace existing windows, in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish by regulation.
(3) **Use of operations funding.—** — The Secretary may carry out the program under this subsection during a fiscal year with amounts made available to the Secretary for family housing operations for such fiscal year.
**(c) Windows Described.—** A window is described in this subsection if the bottom sill of the window is within 42 inches of the floor, as measured in the interior of the unit, and is more than 72 inches above the ground, as measured on the exterior grade of the building.
**(d) Record of Incidents; Annual Report.—** The Secretary concerned shall keep a record of each incident (as defined in Department of Defense Instruction 6055.7 series) in which a minor child is injured or killed as the result of an unintentional window fall in a military family housing unit. Not later than 90 days after the end of each calendar year (beginning with 2017), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate on all such window falls occurring in the previous year.
**(e) Applicability to All Military Family Housing.—** This section applies to military family housing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and military family housing acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of this chapter.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Prior Provisions
A prior section 2879, added Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 547, related to interim leases of completed units pending completion of a project to acquire or construct military family housing units or military unaccompanied housing units, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–314, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2802(c)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2703.
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**(a) Local Comparability in Floor Areas.—** In the construction, acquisition, and improvement of covered military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that the floor areas of such housing in a particular locality (as designated by the Secretary concerned for purposes of this section) do not exceed the floor areas of similar housing in the private sector in that locality, except for purposes of meeting minimum area requirements under subsection (b)(1)(A).
**(b) Floor Space and Number of Members Allowed.—** In the design and configuration of covered military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary of Defense shall establish uniform design standards that—
(1) provide a minimum area of floor space, not including bathrooms or closets, per individual occupying a unit of covered military unaccompanied housing;
(2) ensure that not more than two individuals may occupy such a unit; and
(3) provide definitions and measures that specify—
(A) criteria of design;
(B) quality of construction material to be used; and
(C) levels of maintenance to be required.
**(c) Covered Military Unaccompanied Housing.—** For purposes of this section, section 2856a, and section 2856b, the term “covered military unaccompanied housing” means Government-owned military housing intended to be occupied by members of the armed forces serving a tour of duty unaccompanied by dependents.
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**(a) Use of Renewable Forms of Energy Encouraged.—** The Secretary of Defense shall encourage the use of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable forms of energy as a source of energy for military construction projects (including military family housing projects) and facility repairs and renovations where use of such form of energy is consistent with the energy performance goals and energy performance master plan for the Department of Defense developed under [section 2911 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2911&num=0&edition=prelim) and supported by the special considerations specified in subsection (e) of such section.
**(b) Consideration During Design Phase of Projects.—**
(1) The Secretary concerned shall require that the design for the construction, repair, or renovation of facilities (including family housing and back-up power generation facilities) requires consideration of energy systems using solar energy or other renewable forms of energy when use of a renewable form of energy—
(A) is consistent with the energy performance goals and energy performance master plan for the Department of Defense developed under [section 2911 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2911&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) supported by the special considerations specified in subsection (e) of such section.
(2) The Secretary concerned shall require that contracts for construction resulting from such design include a requirement that energy systems using solar energy or other renewable forms of energy be installed if such systems can be shown to be cost effective.
**(c) Determination of Cost Effectiveness.—**
(1) For the purposes of this section, an energy syst
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**(a) Finding** The Congress finds that it is in the national security and economic interest of the United States to foster greater efficiency in the use of available energy supplies and greater use of renewable energy technologies.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this chapter to authorize the Secretary of Energy, acting in accordance with [section 13541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13541&num=0&edition=prelim), to pursue an aggressive national program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in order to ensure a stable and secure future energy supply by—
(1) achieving as soon as practicable cost competitive use of those technologies without need of Federal financial incentives;
(2) establishing long-term Federal research goals and multiyear funding levels;
(3) directing the Secretary to undertake initiatives to improve the ability of the private sector to commercialize in the near term renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies; and
(4) fostering collaborative efforts involving the private sector through government support of a program of demonstration and commercial application projects.
**(c) General authority** The Secretary, acting in accordance with [section 13541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13541&num=0&edition=prelim), is authorized and directed to—
(1) pursue a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application with the private sector, to achieve the purpose of this chapter, including the goals established under [section 12003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-secti
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2856b
(C) modifications to relevant policies of
the Department of Defense, excluding such
policies relating to infrastructure.
(c)
COVERED
PRIVACY
AND
CONFIGURATION
STANDARD DEFINED.—In this section, the term
‘‘covered privacy and configuration standard’’
means the minimum standards for privacy and
configuration applicable to covered military un-
accompanied housing described in Department
of Defense Manual 4165.63 titled ‘‘DoD Housing
Management’’ and dated October 28, 2010 (or a
successor document).
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII,
§ 2833(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 755; amended
Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2824, Dec.
23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2256.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2833(b), Dec. 22,
2023, 137 Stat. 755, which directed amendment of ‘‘Sub-
chapter III of title 10’’ by adding this section after sec-
tion 2856 of this title, was executed to subchapter III of
chapter 169 of this title, to reflect the probable intent
of Congress.
AMENDMENTS
2024—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted ‘‘15
months’’ for ‘‘9 months’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
REVISIONS TO RULES, GUIDANCE, OR OTHER ISSUANCES
Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2833(d), Dec. 22,
2023, 137 Stat. 757, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec.
22, 2023], the Secretary of Defense and Secretaries of
the military departments shall revise any rule, guid-
ance, or other issuance of the Department of Defense
and the military departments under the respective ju-
risdictions of such Secretaries to include the proce-
dures for the issuance of waivers of covered privacy and
configuration standards [see section 2833(f
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