10 USC § 2894a - Complaint database

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2894a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 2894a - Complaint database"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2894a"
section_name: "Complaint database"
chapter_number: 169
chapter_name: "MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "OVERSIGHT OF LANDLORDS AND PROTECTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TENANTS OF PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXX, § 3016(b), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1929; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2825(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2256.)"
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# § 2894a. Complaint database

**(a)** **Database Required.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish a database of complaints made by a tenant regarding covered dwelling units.

**(b)** **Public Availability.—** The database shall be available to the public.

**(c)** **Inclusion of Tenant Complaints.—** The Secretary of Defense shall permit a tenant of a covered dwelling unit to file a complaint regarding the covered dwelling unit for inclusion in the database.

**(d)** **Inclusion of Certain Information.—**

**(1)** Information accessible in the database regarding a complaint shall include the following:

**(A)** The name of the installation for which the covered dwelling unit is provided.

**(B)** The name of the landlord responsible for the covered dwelling unit.

**(C)** A description of the nature of the complaint.

**(2)** The Secretary of Defense may not disclose personally identifiable information through the database.

**(e)** **Response by Landlords.—**

**(1)** The Secretary of Defense shall include in any contract with a landlord responsible for a housing unit a requirement that the landlord respond in a timely manner to any complaints included in the database that relate to the housing unit.

**(2)** The Secretary shall include landlord responses in the database.

**(f)** **Definitions.—** In this section:

**(1)** The term “covered armed force” means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.

**(2)** The term “covered dwelling unit” means a unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied housing, or barracks—

**(A)** that is acquired or constructed pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title;

**(B)** in which a member of a covered armed force resides; and

**(C)** that such member does not own.

**(3)** The term “tenant” means any of the following:

**(A)** A member of a covered armed force who resides in a covered dwelling unit.

**(B)** A dependent of a member described in subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered dwelling unit.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXX, § 3016(b), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1929; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2825(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2256.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a). , substituted “by a tenant regarding covered dwelling units” for “regarding housing units”.

Subsecs. (c), (d). , substituted “covered dwelling unit” for “housing unit” in two places.

Subsec. (f). , added subsec. (f).