,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1       
#bjai,mr4 ,crist introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the lessor of 
housing1 acquired or constructed under  
the ,military ,housing ,privatization   
,initiative and that is located on a    
military installation1 to operate and   
maintain such housing to certain        
standards1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,base ,commander ,housing ,oversight
 ,act4  #b4 ,maintenance of ,,mhpi      
housing  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter    
,,iv of chapter #afi of title #aj1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #bhhg4 ,maintenance of units  
7a7 ,in general ,each contract between  
the ,secretary and a lessor of covered  
housing shall require the following3    

7#a7 ,the lessor shall operate and      
maintain the covered housing to         
standards established in the contract4  
7#b7 ,if the commander of the military  
installation on which the covered       
housing is located determines that the  
lessor has breached the contract by     
failing to operate and maintain the     
covered housing to standards under      
paragraph 7#a71 the commander may elect 
from remedies including the following3  
7,a7 ,withholding any payment to the    
lessor under the contract4  7,b7        
,requiring the lessor to reimburse      
tenants of the covered housing for      
private property of such tenants damaged
 due to such failure of the lessor4     
7,c7 ,requiring the lessor to pay moving
 expenses of tenants who vacate the     
covered housing due to such failure of  
the lessor4  7b7 ,covered housing       
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered housing means housing-- 7#a7    
acquired or constructed under the       
alternative authority of this           

subchapter2 and  7#b7 that is located on
 a military installation4  4  7b7       
,conforming amendment ,the table of     
sections at the beginning of such       
subchapter is amended by inserting after
 the item relating to section #bhhf the 
following new item3  #bhhg4 ,maintenance
 of units4  4  7c7 ,reporting           
maintenance issues  7#a7 ,in general ,a 
member of the ,armed ,forces who resides
 in covered housing may report          
maintenance issues regarding such       
covered housing to a superior in the    
chain of command or an ,inspector       
,general4  7#b7 ,definitions ,in this   
subsection3 7,a7 ,the term covered      
housing has the meaning given that term 
in section #bhhg of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a74  7,b7 ,the term ,inspector ,general
 has the meaning given that term in     
section #ajcd7;j7 of title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code4