Modification of certain requirements with respect to closure of maintenance work orders for privatized military housing

Section 2891(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; (2) by inserting (1) before A landlord providing; (3) by striking subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following: (C) except as provided in paragraph (2), by allowing the work order or maintenance ticket to be closed only after the landlord makes not fewer than three documented attempts to notify the resident of work completion through means that include— (i) the resident Internet portal for the housing unit; (ii) text messaging; (iii) email; and (iv) telephone.; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) If a resident does not respond to a landlord after three attempts of the landlord to notify the resident of work completion pursuant to paragraph (1)(C), the landlord may close the work order or maintenance ticket only if— (A) the landlord submits to the head of the applicable housing management office notice that the landlord intends to close the work order or maintenance ticket; and (B) the head of the applicable housing management office does not object, in writing, to the closure..