Health and safety requirements for military housing

(a) Health and safety standards for privatized military housing (1) In general The Secretary of each military department shall ensure that all housing project agreements and renewals for privatized military housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act are compliant with the appropriate environmental health and safety standards established by the Department of Defense. (2) Future contract agreements and renewals For all housing project agreements and renewals for privatized military housing entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall incorporate enforceable provisions related to environmental hazard response and enforceable environmental health and safety clauses. (b) Certification requirements for mold assessment and remediation The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all maintenance personnel, contracted mold assessors, indoor environmental professionals, and mold remediators responsible for assessing or remediating mold and water damage in covered housing shall possess and maintain current certifications issued by a nationally recognized, third-party, nonprofit certifying body. (c) Issuance of guidance Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance with respect to the implementation of this section. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered housing The term covered housing means any military family housing owned, leased, or managed by the Department of Defense, including privatized military housing. (2) Mold The term mold means any form of multi-cellular fungi found in water-damaged indoor environments and building materials, including, cladosporium, penicillium, alternaria, aspergillus, fusarium, chaetomium, trichoderma, memnoniella, mucor, stachybotrys chartarum, streptomyces, and epicoccumoften. (3) Privatized military housing The term privatized military housing means military housing under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code.