RETROFITTING EXISTING WINDOWS IN MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH FALL PREVENTION DEVICES.

SEC. 2823. RETROFITTING EXISTING WINDOWS IN MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH FALL PREVENTION DEVICES. (a) Authorizing Funding for Retrofitting or Replacing Windows.—Section 2879 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 2817(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (131 Stat. 1851) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (c)”; (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d); and (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) Retrofitting or Replacing Existing Windows.— “(1) Program to retrofit existing windows.—The Secretary concerned shall carry out a program under which, in military family housing units acquired or constructed under this chapter which are not subject to the requirements of subsection (a), windows which are described in subsection (c), including windows designed for emergency escape or rescue, are retrofitted to be equipped with fall prevention devices described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) or are replaced with windows which are equipped with fall prevention devices described in such paragraph. “(2) Grants.—The Secretary concerned may carry out the program under this subsection by making grants to private entities to retrofit or replace existing windows, in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish by regulation. “(3) Use of operations funding.—The Secretary may carry out the program under this subsection during a fiscal year with amounts made available to the Secretary for family housing operations for such fiscal year.” . (b) [10 U.S.C. 2879 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.