(a) In General.—The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall serve as the Chief Housing Officer, who shall oversee family housing and military unaccompanied housing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of this chapter (in this section referred to as “covered housing units”).
(b) Principal Duties.—(1) The Chief Housing Officer shall oversee all aspects of the provision of covered housing units, including the following:(A) Creation and standardization of policies and processes regarding covered housing units.
(B) Oversight of the administration of any Department of Defense-wide policies regarding covered housing units, to include, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, the housing documents developed pursuant to section 2890 of this title entitled Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights and Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Responsibilities.
(2) The duties specified in paragraph (1) may not be further delegated.
Structure US Code
Subtitle A— General Military Law
PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY
CHAPTER 169— MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER III— ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
§ 2851. Supervision of military construction projects
§ 2851a. Supervision of military housing by Chief Housing Officer
§ 2852. Military construction projects: waiver of certain restrictions
§ 2853. Authorized cost and scope of work variations
§ 2854. Restoration or replacement of damaged or destroyed facilities
§ 2854a. Conveyance of damaged or deteriorated military family housing; use of proceeds
§ 2856. Military unaccompanied housing: local comparability of floor areas
§ 2857. Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units
§ 2858. Limitation on the use of funds for expediting a construction project
§ 2860. Availability of appropriations
§ 2861. Military construction projects in connection with industrial facility investment program
§ 2862. Turn-key selection procedures
§ 2863. Payment of contractor claims
§ 2864. Master plans for major military installations
§ 2865. Work in Process Curve charts and outlay tables for military construction projects
§ 2866. Water conservation at military installations
§ 2868. Utility services: furnishing for certain buildings