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Title XXVIII: Military Construction General Provisions

Sec. 2816Establishment of timeliness standards with respect to maintenance work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing; annual report

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to establishment of timeliness standards with respect to maintenance work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing; annual report.

Statutory text

Section 2839 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31) is amended—(1)in the heading, by inserting ; Work order timeliness standards after covered military unaccompanied housing;(2)by redesignating subsections (c) through subsection (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and(3)by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

(c) Work order timeliness standards; annual report

(1) In general. Not later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall establish Department of Defense-wide timeliness standards for the resolution of work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing.

(2) Annual report. In conjunction with the submission of the report under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2028, and on an annual basis thereafter during the reporting requirement under such subsection is effective, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes, for each military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, with respect to the fiscal year that precedes the fiscal year during which the report is submitted, an identification of—(A)the total number of work orders for covered military unaccompanied housing resolved within a period that complied with the timeliness standards under paragraph (1);(B)the total number of such work orders resolve within a period that did not comply with such timeliness standards;(C)the total number of such work orders that remain open at the end of the fiscal year covered by the report;(D)the total number of work orders comprising the total numbers under subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, that relate to the health and safety of covered military unaccompanied housing;(E)the total number of employees with duties that include the maintenance and administration of military unaccompanied housing authorized;(F)the total number of authorized positions for employment with such duties that remain open at the end of the fiscal year covered by the report; and(G)the total amount obligated or expended on service contracts for the maintenance and administration of covered military unaccompanied housing..