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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3838 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 2812

Sec. 2812. Use of imitative substitute building materials for preservation of certain units of military housing under jurisdiction of the Department of Defense

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Subchapter II of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Notwithstanding any provision of division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, that requires review from or consultation with the head of any other Federal agency, the Secretary concerned may— authorize the use of imitative substitute building materials to maintain, repair, renovate, rehabilitate, or otherwise alter covered housing units located on a military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; and defer the application of historic preservation requirements under chapter 3061 of such title on a covered housing unit until such covered housing unit is 100 years old, regardless of whether such covered housing unit is included on, or eligible for inclusion on, the National Register.
In this section: The term covered housing unit means a Government-owned or privatized unit of family housing or military unaccompanied housing that— was constructed after 1962; and is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense The term imitative substitute building materials means modern, industry-standard, natural, composite, and synthetic materials that— simulate the appearance of building materials original to a covered housing unit; and are more cost effective than such building materials.
The term National Register means the National Register of Historic Places maintained under chapter 3021 of title 54, United States Code. .
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