CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL COMPARABILITY OF FLOOR AREAS IN CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.

SEC. 2807. CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL COMPARABILITY OF FLOOR AREAS IN CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.(a) Comparability of Floor Areas.—(1) In general.—Section 2856 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:“§ 2856. Military unaccompanied housing: local comparability of floor areas “In the construction, acquisition, and improvement of military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that the floor areas of such housing in a particular locality (as designated by the Secretary concerned for purposes of this section) do not exceed the floor areas of similar housing in the private sector in that locality.” .(2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 169 of such title is 120 STAT. 2469 amended by striking the item relating to section 2856 and inserting the following new item: “2856. Military unaccompanied housing: local comparability of floor areas.”. (b) Conforming Amendments Regarding Alternative Acquisition and Improvement Authority.—Section 2880(b) of such title is amended—(1) by striking “(1) Section 2826” and inserting “Sections 2826 and 2856”;(2) by inserting “or military unaccompanied housing” after “military family housing”; and(3) by striking paragraph (2).