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Title XXVIII: Military Construction General Provisions

Sec. 2811 — Congressional notification of window fall incidents in certain privatized military housing

TL;DR

Congressional notification of window fall incidents in certain privatized military housing — amends 10 U.S.C. § 2857(d).

Statutory text

Section 2857(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking The Secretary concerned and inserting (1) The Secretary concerned; (2)by inserting or any other individual after minor child; and(3)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(2) Not later than 72 hours after any date on which an incident in which a minor child or any other individual falls from a window in a unit of military family housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned occurs, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification that includes, with respect to such incident—(A)the date;(B)the location;(C)the associated circumstances; and(D)whether injury or death resulted..