Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 169— - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY HOUSING › § 2884
The Secretary must send Congress a report before starting any contract, agreement, lease, or sale to build, buy, or privatize family or unaccompanied military housing. The report must describe the deal, explain what law authority will be used and how the United States will take part, give the Office of Management and Budget’s scored cost, list the U.S. money needed and where those funds come from (including transfers from the Funds under section 2883), and give a life‑cycle cost estimate that includes what basic allowance for housing (section 403 of title 37) payments might add if the housing is full. If the deal is with a private party, the report must say whether the Secretary will guarantee mortgage or rent payments if a base closes, units are cut, or troops are away, describe that guarantee, and estimate the U.S. liability. The report must be sent electronically at least 21 days before issuing a solicitation or offering a lease or sale. Each year, the Secretary of Defense must give Congress budget‑related reports that include: yearly accounting for each Fund under section 2883 (receipts, spending, and transfers, and planned transfers for the current and next fiscal year); service‑by‑service estimates of basic allowance for housing to be paid for housing under these authorities and the number of units behind those estimates; plans for privatization for the budget year and the future‑years defense plan; and a list of any general or flag officer housing with total operation, maintenance, and repair costs over $50,000. The Secretary must also send semi‑annual reports to the congressional defense committees on oversight and accountability (under section 2885) for privatization projects. Those reports must cover many items, such as maintenance backlogs and costs, plans if debt exceeds income or occupancy is under 75% for more than a year, recapitalization account variances and withdrawals, tenant complaints and satisfaction, maintenance response times, dispute outcomes, inspection and survey results, utility cost comparisons, housing condition and timing for recapitalization, and lead‑based paint data (units affected, inspection gaps, abatement actions, and compliance with section 408 of the Toxic Substances Control Act). Each Secretary must also brief the Armed Services Committees by February 1 each year on the prior 12 months of these items and on any projects expected to need loan restructuring, with a timeline.
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10 U.S.C. § 2884
Title 10 — Armed Forces
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73