[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4190]
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  SA 831. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed to 
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XXX, add the following:

     SEC. 3022. INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS OF REPRISALS RELATING TO 
                   PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING AND TREATMENT AS 
                   MATERIAL BREACH.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     2890 the following new section:

     ``Sec. 2890a. Investigation of reports of reprisals and 
       treatment as material breach

       ``(a) In General.--The Chief Housing Officer designated 
     under section 2872b of this title, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of the military department concerned, shall 
     investigate all reports of reprisal against a member of the 
     armed forces for reporting an issue relating to a housing 
     unit under this subchapter.
       ``(b) Material Breach.--If the Chief Housing Officer, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of the military department 
     concerned, determines under subsection (a) that a landlord 
     has retaliated against a member of the armed forces for 
     reporting an issue relating to a housing unit under this 
     subchapter, the landlord shall be deemed to have committed a 
     material breach of the contract of the landlord for purposes 
     of section 2874b(1) of this title.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 2890 the following new item:

``2890a. Investigation of reports of reprisals and treatment as 
              material breach.''.
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