10 U.S.C. § 2826 | Military family housing: local comparability of room patterns and floor areas

(a)

Local Comparability .—

In the construction, acquisition, and improvement of military family housing, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing in a particular locality (as designated by the Secretary concerned for purposes of this section) are similar to room patterns and floor areas of similar housing in the private sector in that locality.

(b)

Requests for Authority for Military Family Housing .—

(1)

In submitting to Congress a request for authority to carry out the construction, acquisition, or improvement of military family housing, the Secretary concerned shall include in the request information on the net floor area of each unit of military family housing to be constructed, acquired, or improved under the authority.

(2)

In this subsection, the term “net floor area”, in the case of a military family housing unit, means the total number of square feet of the floor space inside the exterior walls of the unit, excluding the floor area of an unfinished basement, an unfinished attic, a utility space, a garage, a carport, an open or insect-screened porch, a stairwell, and any space used for a solar-energy system.

Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a)July 12, 198296 Stat. 159 Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3)Apr. 21, 1987101 Stat. 284 Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808Dec. 5, 1991105 Stat. 1540 Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIIIFeb. 10, 1996110 Stat. 553 Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(17)Sept. 23, 1996110 Stat. 2659 Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(a)(1)]Oct. 30, 2000114 Stat. 1654(Added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , §§ 2814, 2815, , ; , , ; , , , 1654A–413.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 106–3982000— amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (i) which limited the net floor area allowed in the construction, acquisition, and improvement of military family housing units.

Pub. L. 104–106, § 2814September 30, 19941996—Subsec. (e). , struck out at end “The authority provided by this subsection shall expire on .”

Pub. L. 104–106, § 2815Subsec. (i). , added subsec. (i).

Pub. L. 104–201February 10, 1996Subsec. (i)(1). substituted “” for “the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996”.

Pub. L. 102–1901991—Subsecs. (d) to (h). added subsecs. (d) and (e) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) to (f) as (f) to (h), respectively.

Pub. L. 100–261987—Subsec. (f). inserted “the term” after “In this section,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(b)]Oct. 30, 2000114 Stat. 1654

“(1)

October 1, 2001section 2826 of title 10 The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on , but the Secretary of Defense shall anticipate the requirements of , United States Code, as added by such subsection, when preparing the budget request for new construction, acquisition, or improvement of military family housing for fiscal year 2002.

“(2)

Section 2826 of title 10September 30, 2001 , United States Code, as in effect on , shall continue to apply with respect to the construction, acquisition, or improvement of military family housing commenced on or before that date.”

, , , 1654A–413, provided that:

Effective Date

section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97–214 section 2801 of this titleFor effective date and applicability of section, see , set out as a note under .