Restore Military Families’ Voices Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9220 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9220

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the treatment of
 nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized military housing
   and to expand protection from retaliation against tenants of such
                    housing, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2026

  Ms. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the treatment of
 nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized military housing
   and to expand protection from retaliation against tenants of such
                    housing, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Restore Military Families' Voices
Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO
              PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING.

    Section 2890(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``A tenant or prospective tenant of
                a housing unit may not be required to sign'' and
                inserting ``A landlord may not request that a tenant,
                former tenant, or prospective tenant of a housing unit
                sign''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or in connection with the
                provision of services related to the housing unit''
                before the period; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the
        following:
    ``(2) The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall apply to all
housing units, including accompanied family housing and military
unaccompanied housing.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `tenant' includes any party
(other than a landlord) to a lease for a housing unit.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF PROTECTION FROM RETALIATION AGAINST TENANTS OF
              PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING UNITS.

    Section 2890 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(7), in the matter preceding
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``and housing management office''
        and inserting ``the housing management office, the Chief
        Housing Officer of the Department of Defense, an inspector
        general, and members of Congress''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(when made aware of such
                        reports)'' after ``reprisal''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``relating to a housing
                        unit.'' and inserting ``relating to a housing
                        unit, including to any of the following:
            ``(A) The landlord.
            ``(B) The chain of command.
            ``(C) The applicable housing management office.
            ``(D) The Chief Housing Officer of the Department of
        Defense.
            ``(E) An inspector general.
            ``(F) A Member of Congress.'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
                (3);
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
                new paragraph (2):
    ``(2) Not later than 10 business days after receiving a report of
reprisal under paragraph (1), the Inspector General shall provide
notification of such report to the Secretary of the military department
concerned and to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and
                        (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
                            (ii) by inserting before subparagraph (B),
                        as so redesignated, the following new
                        subparagraph (A):
            ``(A) provide notification of that determination to the
        Secretary of the military department concerned;'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), as so
                        redesignated, by inserting ``of that
                        determination'' after ``initial notice''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (C), as so
                        redesignated, by striking ``the Inspector
                        General has taken final action'' and inserting
                        ``the Secretary of the military department
                        concerned has notified the Inspector General
                        that the Secretary has taken final action''.
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