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Military Housing Innovation Act
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of point-access block design for military construction projects, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study of allowing point-access block design in military housing construction projects, coordinating with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Directs the study to examine the costs and benefits of revising the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code to permit point-access block design (a residential structure with a single internal stairway serving multiple units up to six stories) for military housing.
- Requires the study to analyze impacts on military housing quality and affordability, construction and design costs, effects on surrounding rental housing markets, and the feasibility of developing difficult sites.
- Directs the study to assess and compare life safety and fire safety outcomes of point-access block design with traditional military housing designs, including sprinkler coverage and smoke detection.
- Requires the Comptroller General to submit a comprehensive report to Congress within two years of enactment.
- Directs the report to include recommendations and summary of actions the Secretary of Defense may take to update building codes to allow point-access block design for military construction projects.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Scott H. Peters’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $19,800
- BLACKSTONE $17,500
- GENERAL ATOMICS $15,400
- QUALCOMM $13,300
- RA CAPITAL $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Scott H. Peters → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 30, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Jun 30, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 30, 2026
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of point-access block design for military construction projects, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Military Housing Innovation Act”.
SEC. 2. STUDY ON UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA GUIDELINES RELATING TO MODEL HOUSING CODES.
(a) Study.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study that examines the costs and benefits associated with revising the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1-200-01) to allow the use of point-access block design for covered projects.
(b) Contents.—The study required by subsection (a) shall—
(1) quantify, to the extent possible, how such a revision would—
(A) increase the quality of available and affordable military housing through the construction of new military housing;
(B) have an effect on the rental housing market located near military installations;
(C) result in a reduction in the amount expended for the basic allowance for subsistence under section 402 of title 37, United States Code;
(D) result in fewer members of the Armed Forces seeking private housing by reducing barriers to building additional units of covered military unaccompanied housing (as defined in section 2856 of title 10, United States Code) or military family housing;
(E) affect design and construction costs of covered military unaccompanied housing in the United States or military family housing that is Government-owned and Government-controlled in the United States; and
(F) improve the feasibility of commencing covered projects on sites or lots that would otherwise be difficult to develop;
(2) assess, with respect to the use of point-access block design—
(A) life safety outcomes, including a comparison of such outcomes with outcomes in covered projects that does not use point-access block design; and
(B) fire safety improvements, including sprinkler coverage, smoke detection, ventilation, and building egress performance; and
(3) compare the fire loss outcomes for covered projects that use point-access block design with covered projects that do not use point-access block design.
(c) Report.—Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the study conducted under subsection (a) that includes—
(1) a summary of actions that the Secretary of Defense may take to update the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1-200-01) to allow the use of point-access block design for military construction projects; and
(2) any other recommendations relating to the use of point- access block design for military construction projects.
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “covered project” means a residential or mixed use military construction project (as defined under section 2801 of title 10, United States Code).
(2) The term “military family housing” means housing provided under subchapter II of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term “point-access block building” means a Group R-2 occupancy residential structure, as such term is defined by the most recent edition of the International Building Code, in which a single internal stairway provides access and egress for all dwelling units in a building that is not greater than six stories in height. <all>
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