Sec. 345. MITIGATION OF RISKS POSED BY WINDOW COVERINGS WITH ACCESSIBLE CORDS IN CERTAIN MILITARY HOUSING UNITS
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## SEC. 345 MITIGATION OF RISKS POSED BY WINDOW COVERINGS WITH ACCESSIBLE CORDS IN CERTAIN MILITARY HOUSING UNITS **[**[10 U.S.C. 2821 note](/us/usc/t10/s2821)**]** ###
(a)Removal of Certain Window Coverings Not later than three years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall remove and replace disqualified window coverings from— ####
(1)military housing units owned by the Department of Defense in which children under the age of 9 may reside; and ####
(2)military housing units leased by the Department of Defense in which children under the age of 9 may reside if the lease for such units requires the Department to provide window coverings. ###
(b)Prohibition on Disqualified Window Coverings in Military Housing Units Acquired or Constructed by Contract All contracts entered into by the Secretary of Defense after September 30, 2017, for the acquisition or construction of military family housing, including military family housing acquired or constructed pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, shall prohibit the use of disqualified window coverings in such housing. ###
(c)Disqualified Window Covering Defined In this section, the term “disqualified window covering” means— ####
(1)a window covering with an accessible cord that exceeds 8 inches in length; or ####
(2)a window covering with an accessible continuous loop cord that does not have a cord tension device that prevents operation when the cord is not anchored to the wall.
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MITIGATION OF RISKS POSED BY WINDOW COVERINGS WITH ACCESSIBLE CORDS IN CERTAIN MILITARY HOUSING UNITS
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