Protecting Military Families with Disabilities Act

I 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 Dis- abilities Act of 1990. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Military 4 Families with Disabilities Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2378.IH H2378 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2378 IH SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST COL- 1 LECTION FROM TENANTS OF PRIVATIZED 2 MILITARY HOUSING UNITS OF AMOUNTS IN 3 ADDITION TO RENT. 4 Section 2891a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 5 amended by adding at the end the following new para- 6 graph: 7 ‘‘(3) Costs incurred to modify or upgrade a housing 8 unit to comply with standards under the Americans with 9 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and 10 facilitate occupancy of the housing unit by an individual 11 with a disability (as defined in section 3 of such Act (42 12 U.S.C. 12102)) may not be considered optional services 13 under paragraph (2)(A)(i) or another exception to the pro- 14 hibition in paragraph (1) against collection from tenants 15 of housing units of amounts in addition to rent.’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:17 May 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2378.IH H2378 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS