,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gefd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1 #bjbb,ms4
 ,strickland 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,carson1
 and ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,financial ,services1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,defense and   
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development to take certain actions    
regarding the housing shortage for      
members of the ,armed ,forces4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,building ,more ,housing for        
,servicemembers ,act4  #b4 ,responses to
 the housing shortage for members of the
 ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,report on housing 
shortage for members of the ,armed      

,forces ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit 
to the ,committees on ,armed ,services  
of the ,senate and ,house of            
,representatives a report on the housing
 shortage for members of the ,armed     
,forces4 ,such report shall include the 
following elements3  7#a7 ,the          
determination of the ,secretary         
regarding the feasibility of acquiring  
real property near military             
installations that face housing         
shortages1 to be used for the           
development of privatized housing4  7#b7
 ,the determination of the ,secretary   
regarding the need for an officer or    
civilian employee of the ,department of 
,defense to serve1 at each military     
installation1 as a housing manager4  7b7
 ,guidance to landlords of privatized   
housing ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall prescribe guidance 
for eligible entities and landlords     

regarding acceptable housing standards  
for privatized housing4  7c7            
,authorizations  7#a7 ,pilot program on 
using rental partnership programs of the
 ,armed ,forces to assure tenants for   
developers of privatized housing ,not   
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall establish a
 pilot program to assess the feasibility
 of using the rental partnership        
programs of the ,armed ,forces to assure
 tenants for eligible entities to secure
 financing to construct privatized      
housing4 7,a7 ,locations ,the ,secretary
 shall operate the pilot program in no  
more than #aj military housing areas    
that each have a rental vacancy rate of 
less than #g percent4  7,b7 ,term ,the  
pilot program shall terminate on the    
date that is five years after the       
,secretary establishes the pilot        
program4  7,c7 ,report ,not later than  
#ij days after the termination of the   
pilot program1 the ,secretary shall     

submit to ,congress a report on the     
results of the pilot program4  7#b7     
,joint pilot program on financial       
incentives for developers of privatized 
housing ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,defense1 in          
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,housing and ,urban ,development1 shall 
develop a pilot program to provide      
financial incentives to eligible        
entities to build privatized housing1 or
 to purchase or lease existing          
facilities1 to house members of the     
,armed ,forces and their dependents1 and
 low-income individuals and families1 as
 determined by the ,secretary of        
,housing and ,urban ,development4 7,a7  
,eligible projects ,in order to be      
eligible for an incentive under the     
pilot program1 proposed privatized      
housing shall ensure that a percentage  
of such housing is reserved for members 
of the ,armed ,forces and dependents of 
such members4 ,such percentage shall    

vary proportionately to the value of the
 incentive4  7,b7 ,locations ,the       
,secretaries shall operate the pilot    
program in areas that have the longest  
wait times for on-base housing4  7,c7   
,priority ,in selecting eligible        
entities1 the ,secretaries shall give   
priority to entry-level housing and     
projects with greater density4  7,d7    
,term ,the pilot program shall terminate
 on the date that is five years after   
the ,secretary establishes the pilot    
program4  7,e7 ,report ,not later than  
#ij days after the termination of the   
pilot program1 the ,secretaries shall   
submit to ,congress a report on the     
results of the pilot program4  7#c7     
,joint grant program ,the ,secretary of 
,defense and ,secretary of ,housing and 
,urban ,development may jointly operate 
a grant program through the ,office of  
,local ,defense ,community ,cooperation 
to build housing for members of the     
,armed ,forces and their dependents1 and
 low-income individuals and families4   

,household income limits for entities   
eligible to receive such a grant shall  
not differ based on whether a household 
includes a member of the ,armed ,forces4
  7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,the terms eligible entity and     
landlord have the meanings given such   
terms in section #bhga of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term  
privatized housing means housing under  
subchapter ,,iv of chapter #afi of such 
title4