Improvement of privatized military housing complaint database

Section 2894a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following new subparagraphs: (B) The name of the landlord responsible for the covered dwelling unit, including the ultimate parent company and any entity with direct or indirect ownership or control over such landlord, regardless of the legal structure or intermediary entities used. (C) A description of the nature of the complaint, disaggregated by complaint type.; (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsections: (f) Prohibition on filtering and suppression The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department shall develop policies to ensure that complaints filed by tenants under this section cannot be arbitrarily altered, deleted, or suppressed. (g) Protection from retaliation The Secretary shall— (1) ensure tenants are protected from retaliation; and (2) develop and implement policies to prevent violations of whistleblower protections under section 1034 of this title. (h) Public notification and awareness of rights (1) The Secretary shall ensure that any agreement with a tenant for a covered dwelling unit includes a standardized notice outlining— (A) the right to submit complaints regarding covered dwelling units to the database under this section; (B) how to submit feedback; and (C) anti-retaliation protections. (2) Each military housing office of the Department shall— (A) display signage regarding the database under this section; and (B) provide onboarding education during in-processing at a new duty station for new tenants of covered dwelling units regarding such database..