Improvements to annual reports on certain waivers for covered military unaccompanied housing

(a) In general Section 2856a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting and covered health and safety standards after standards; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking Effective March 2, 2024, any and inserting Any; (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting or covered health and safety standards after covered privacy and configuration standards; (C) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting or covered health and safety standards after covered privacy and configuration standards; and (ii) by striking covered habitability standards and inserting covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards; (D) in paragraph (2), by inserting or covered health and safety standards (as applicable) after covered privacy and configuration standards each place it appears; (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting or covered health and safety standards after covered privacy and configuration standards and (3) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking such uniform standards each place it appears and inserting applicable standards; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting, and a timeline to implement such plan after waiver; (C) in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; (D) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (E) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: (6) an assessment of whether a need for future waivers has been identified; (7) a summary of the analysis performed under subsection (a)(2), including a certification by the Secretary of each military department that the Secretary has— (A) complied with the requirements for issuing a waiver; and (B) identified all covered military unaccompanied housing that does not meet covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards; (8) information about costs associated with remediation of covered military unaccompanied housing that requires such waivers, including— (A) funding needs for military construction projects related to such remediation; (B) funding needs for facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization projects related to such remediation; and (C) any increase required to the basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37 for members of the armed forces that would otherwise be living in covered military unaccompanied housing but for the need for such remediation; and (9) a description of the status of the response of the Department to open recommendations contained in the 2023 report by the Comptroller General of the United States titled Military Barracks: Poor Living Conditions Undermine Quality of Life and Readiness (GAO–23–105797), including any privacy and configuration standard or health and safety standard of a military department that differs from the covered privacy and configuration standards or covered health and safety standards (as applicable).; and (4) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered health and safety standard means the minimum health and safety criteria applicable to covered military unaccompanied housing established by the Secretary of Defense and may include standards relating to mold, ventilation, fire safety, or other related habitability conditions necessary to ensure safe occupancy. (2) The term covered privacy and configuration standard means the minimum standards for privacy and configuration applicable to covered military unaccompanied housing described in Department of Defense Manual 4165.63 titled DoD Housing Management and dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor document).. (b) Technical amendment Section 2856a(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting paragraph (1).