,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iefd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #cj1 #bjbf,mr4 
,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 ,lawler7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states to conduct a study on the use of
 point-access block design for military 
construction projects1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military ,housing  
,innovation ,act4  #b4 ,study on        
,unified ,facilities ,criteria          
guidelines relating to model housing    
codes  7a7 ,study ,not later than #ah   
months after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of 
the ,united ,states1 in coordination    
with the ,director of the ,national     
,institute of ,standards and            
,technology1 the ,secretary of ,defense1
 and the ,secretary of ,housing and     
,urban ,development shall conduct a     

study that examines the costs and       
benefits associated with revising the   
,unified ,facilities ,criteria_/,do,d   
,building ,code 7,,ufc #a-bjj-ja7 to    
allow the use of point-access block     
design for covered projects4  7b7       
,contents ,the study required by        
subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 quantify1 to
 the extent possible1 how such a        
revision would--  7,a7 increase the     
quality of available and affordable     
military housing through the            
construction of new military housing2   
7,b7 have an effect on the rental       
housing market located near military    
installations2  7,c7 result in a        
reduction in the amount expended for the
 basic allowance for subsistence under  
section #djb of title #cg1 ,united      
,states ,code2  7,d7 result in fewer    
members of the ,armed ,forces seeking   
private housing by reducing barriers to 
building additional units of covered    
military unaccompanied housing 7as      
defined in section #bhef of title #aj1  

,united ,states ,code7 or military      
family housing2  7,e7 affect design and 
construction costs of covered military  
unaccompanied housing in the ,united    
,states or military family housing that 
is ,government-owned and                
,government-controlled in the ,united   
,states2 and  7,f7 improve the          
feasibility of commencing covered       
projects on sites or lots that would    
otherwise be difficult to develop2  7#b7
 assess1 with respect to the use of     
point-access block design-- 7,a7 life   
safety outcomes1 including a comparison 
of such outcomes with outcomes in       
covered projects that does not use      
point-access block design2 and  7,b7    
fire safety improvements1 including     
sprinkler coverage1 smoke detection1    
ventilation1 and building egress        
performance2 and  7#c7 compare the fire 
loss outcomes for covered projects that 
use point-access block design with      
covered projects that do not use        
point-access block design4  7c7 ,report 

,not later than two years after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,comptroller ,general1 in coordination  
with the ,director of the ,national     
,institute of ,standards and            
,technology1 the ,secretary of ,defense1
 and the ,secretary of ,housing and     
,urban ,development shall provide to the
 ,committees on ,armed ,services of the 
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate a report on the study conducted 
under subsection 7a7 that includes--    
7#a7 a summary of actions that the      
,secretary of ,defense may take to      
update the ,unified ,facilities         
,criteria_/,do,d ,building ,code 7,,ufc 
#a-bjj-ja7 to allow the use of          
point-access block design for military  
construction projects2 and  7#b7 any    
other recommendations relating to the   
use of point-access block design for    
military construction projects4  7d7    
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,the term covered project means a       
residential or mixed use military       

construction project 7as defined under  
section #bhja of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code74  7#b7 ,the term military
 family housing means housing provided  
under subchapter ,,ii of chapter #afi of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7
 ,the term point-access block building  
means a ,group ,r-#b occupancy          
residential structure1 as such term is  
defined by the most recent edition of   
the ,international ,building ,code1 in  
which a single internal stairway        
provides access and egress for all      
dwelling units in a building that is not
 greater than six stories in height4