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10 U.S.C. § 2856b — Covered military unaccompanied housing: standards for habitability
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**(a) Standards Required.—** For the purposes of assigning a member of the armed forces to a unit of covered military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary of Defense shall establish uniform minimum standards for covered military unaccompanied housing, that shall include minimum requirements for—
(1) condition;
(2) habitability, health, and environmental comfort;
(3) safety and security; and
(4) any other element the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
**(b) Limitation on Issuance of Waivers.—** Any waiver of a uniform standard described in subsection (a) may only be issued by a Secretary of a military department.
**(c) Certification.—** The Secretary of Defense shall include, in conjunction with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim), a certification from each Secretary of a military department to the congressional defense committees that the cost for all needed repairs and improvements for each occupied covered military unaccompanied housing facility under the jurisdiction of such Secretary does not exceed 20 percent of the replacement cost of such facility, as mandated by Department of Defense Manual 4165.63 titled “DoD Housing Management” and dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor document).
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**(a) Standards Required.—** For the purposes of assigning a member of the armed forces to a unit of covered military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary of Defense shall establish uniform minimum standards for covered military unaccompanied housing, that shall include minimum requirements for—
(1) condition;
(2) habitability, health, and environmental comfort;
(3) safety and security; and
(4) any other element the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
**(b) Limitation on Issuance of Waivers.—** Any waiver of a uniform standard described in subsection (a) may only be issued by a Secretary of a military department.
**(c) Certification.—** The Secretary of Defense shall include, in conjunction with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim), a certification from each Secretary of a military department to the congressional defense committees that the cost for all needed repairs and improvements for each occupied covered military unaccompanied housing facility under the jurisdiction of such Secretary does not exceed 20 percent of the replacement cost of such facility, as mandated by Department of Defense Manual 4165.63 titled “DoD Housing Management” and dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor document).
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**(a) Procedures for Issuance of Certain Waivers.—** Any waiver of covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards shall be issued in accordance with the following:
(1) A commander of a military installation desiring a waiver of covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards shall submit to the Secretary of the military department concerned a request for such waiver.
(2) A Secretary of a military department may approve a request under paragraph (1) only if such Secretary has exhausted all options available to such Secretary to provide housing that meets covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards (as applicable), including the—
(A) use of available privately-owned military housing;
(B) modification of unit integrity goals to allow the use of each available unit of covered military unaccompanied housing that meets covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards (as applicable); and
(C) issuance of a certificate of nonavailability of covered military unaccompanied housing to allow eligibility for basic allowance for housing under [section 403 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section403&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) An official described in paragraph (1) or (2) may not delegate the respective authorities under such paragraphs.
(4) Any waiver of covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards issued pursuant to this paragraph shall terminate on the date that is 15 months after the date on which such waiver was issued. A Secretary of a military department may not renew any such waiver.
**(b) Annual Report on Waivers.—** Not later than Marc
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**(a)** On or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the following fiscal year. Each budget shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following:
(1) information on activities and functions of the Government.
(2) when practicable, information on costs and achievements of Government programs.
(3) other desirable classifications of information.
(4) a reconciliation of the summary information on expenditures with proposed appropriations.
(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations the President decides are necessary to support the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year.
(6) estimated receipts of the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year under—
(A) laws in effect when the budget is submitted; and
(B) proposals in the budget to increase revenues.
(7) appropriations, expenditures, and receipts of the Government in the prior fiscal year.
(8) estimated expenditures and receipts, and appropriations and proposed appropriations, of the Government for the current fiscal year.
(9) balanced statements of the—
(A) condition of the Treasury at the end of the prior fiscal year;
(B) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and
(C) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted if financial proposals in the budget are adopted.
(10) essential information about the debt of the Government.
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (b), funds may not be appropriated for the construction, acquisition, leasing, addition, extension, expansion, alteration, relocation, or operation and maintenance of family housing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense unless the appropriation of such funds has been authorized by law.
**(b)** In addition to the funds authorized to be appropriated by law in any fiscal year for the purposes described in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose compensation is provided for by funds appropriated for the purposes described in such subsection.
**(c)** Amounts authorized by law for construction of military family housing units include amounts for (1) site preparation (including demolition), (2) installation of utilities, (3) ancillary supporting facilities, (4) shades, screens, ranges, refrigerators, and all other equipment and fixtures installed in such units, and (5) construction supervision, inspection, and overhead.
**(d)** Amounts authorized by law for construction and acquisition of military family housing and facilities include amounts for—
(1) minor construction;
(2) improvements to existing military family housing units and facilities;
(3) relocation of military family housing units under [section 2827 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2827&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(4) architectural and engineering services and construction design.
**(e)** The Secretary concerned shall provide for the installation and maintenance of an appropriate number of carbon m
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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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