PROMULGATION OF GUIDANCE TO FACILITATE RETURN OF MILITARY FAMILIES DISPLACED FROM PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING.

SEC. 2816. [10 U.S.C. 2871 note] PROMULGATION OF GUIDANCE TO FACILITATE RETURN OF MILITARY FAMILIES DISPLACED FROM PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING. (a) Guidance Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall promulgate guidance for commanders of military installations and installation housing management offices to assist such commanders and offices in facilitating and managing the relocation and return of tenants of privatized military housing when tenants are displaced from such housing— (1) as a result of an environmental hazard or other damage adversely affecting the habitability of the privatized military housing; or (2) during remediation or repair activities in response to the hazard or damages. (b) Financial Impact of Displacement.—As part of the promulgation of the guidance, the Secretary of Defense shall consider— (1) the extent to which displaced tenants of privatized military housing under the circumstances described in subsection (a) incur relocation, per diem, or similar expenses as a direct result of such displacement that are not covered by a landlord, insurance, or claims process; and (2) the feasibility of providing reimbursement for uncovered expenses. (c) Consultation.—The Secretary of Defense shall promulgate the guidance in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Chief Housing Officer, landlords, and other interested persons. (d) Implementation.—The Secretaries of the military departments shall be responsible for implementation of the guidance at military installations under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, while recognizing that the guidance cannot anticipate every situation in which tenants of privatized military housing must be displaced from such housing under the circumstances described in subsection (a). (e) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “landlord”, “privatized military housing”, and “tenant” have the meanings given those terms in section 3001(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1916; 10 U.S.C. 2821 note).