[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2378 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2378

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to reiterate that the 
prohibition against the collection from tenants of privatized military 
  housing units of amounts in addition to rent includes supplemental 
    payments to recover costs associated with unit modifications or 
   upgrades needed to comply with standards under the Americans with 
                       Disabilities Act of 1990.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 2021

   Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma (for herself and Ms. Jacobs of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to reiterate that the 
prohibition against the collection from tenants of privatized military 
  housing units of amounts in addition to rent includes supplemental 
    payments to recover costs associated with unit modifications or 
   upgrades needed to comply with standards under the Americans with 
                       Disabilities Act of 1990.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Military Families with 
Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST COLLECTION FROM TENANTS OF 
              PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING UNITS OF AMOUNTS IN ADDITION 
              TO RENT.

    Section 2891a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) Costs incurred to modify or upgrade a housing unit to comply 
with standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and facilitate occupancy of the housing unit by 
an individual with a disability (as defined in section 3 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12102)) may not be considered optional services under 
paragraph (2)(A)(i) or another exception to the prohibition in 
paragraph (1) against collection from tenants of housing units of 
amounts in addition to rent.''.
                                 <all>