Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces
10 U.S.C. § 2894a: Complaint database
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The Secretary of Defense shall establish a database of complaints made by a tenant regarding covered dwelling units. The database shall be available to the public. 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. The name of the installation for which the covered dwelling unit is provided. The name of the landlord responsible for the covered dwelling unit. A description of the nature of the complaint. The Secretary of Defense may not disclose personally identifiable information through the database. 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. The Secretary shall include landlord responses in the database. The term “covered armed force” means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force. that is acquired or constructed pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 169 of this title; in which a member of a covered armed force resides; and that such member does not own. A member of a covered armed force who resides in a covered dwelling unit. A dependent of a member described in subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered dwelling unit.
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