[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3628]
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  SA 6515. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 B of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2829. TRACKING OF REPEATED HOUSING DEFECTS AND MANDATORY 
                   ESCALATION.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, 
     United States Code is amended by inserting after section 2869 
     the following new section:

     ``Sec. 2869a. Tracking of repeated housing defects and 
       mandatory escalation

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall require 
     each Secretary concerned to establish a standardized process 
     for identifying and tracking repeated housing defects in--
       ``(1) military unaccompanied housing (as defined in section 
     2871 of this title);
       ``(2) military family housing owned by the Federal 
     Government; and
       ``(3) housing under subchapter IV of this chapter that is 
     associated with a military installation.
       ``(b) Required Escalation.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     require that, upon identification of a repeated housing 
     defect--
       ``(1) the matter shall be elevated for review above the 
     installation housing office level;
       ``(2) a root-cause assessment shall be conducted; and
       ``(3) any interim measures necessary to protect affected 
     residents shall be implemented.
       ``(c) Data Elements.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     require the collection of standardized data relating to 
     repeated housing defects, including--
       ``(1) the nature of the defect;
       ``(2) the number of prior work orders or complaints 
     relating to the same or substantially similar condition;
       ``(3) the period during which the defect recurred;
       ``(4) the time required for final remediation of the 
     defect; and
       ``(5) such other information as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       ``(d) Repeated Housing Defect Defined.--In this section, 
     the term `repeated housing defect' means a maintenance issue, 
     habitability concern, or health or safety hazard that--
       ``(1) recurs in the same housing unit, room, building, or 
     materially related area; or
       ``(2) results in multiple work orders for substantially the 
     same underlying condition within a period determined by the 
     Secretary of Defense.''.
       (b) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     issue guidance to implement section 2869a of title 10, United 
     States Code, as added by subsection (a), including 
     standardized definitions and thresholds for escalation.
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