# 117-hr-8642: To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council, and for other purposes.

117-hr-8642, To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council, and for other purposes., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8642
- Congress: 117
- Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced: 2022-08-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill establishes the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council to review and make recommendations to the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding policies for privatized military housing. The council must also monitor compliance by DOD with statutory improvements to policies for privatized military housing and make recommendations to improve collaboration, awareness, and promotion of accurate and timely information about privatized military housing, accommodations available through the Exceptional Family Member Program, and other support services among policymakers, service providers, and targeted beneficiaries. The council must make all documents publicly available until the council ceases to exist.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK), 2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8642 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8642)

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