2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
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
Sec. 2857 - Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units

(a) Requiring Use of Devices on Certain Windows.—

(b) Retrofitting or Replacing Existing Windows.—

(c) Windows Described.—A window is described in this subsection if the bottom sill of the window is within 42 inches of the floor, as measured in the interior of the unit, and is more than 72 inches above the ground, as measured on the exterior grade of the building.

(d) Record of Incidents; Annual Report.—The Secretary concerned shall keep a record of each incident (as defined in Department of Defense Instruction 6055.7 series) in which a minor child is injured or killed as the result of an unintentional window fall in a military family housing unit. Not later than 90 days after the end of each calendar year (beginning with 2017), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate on all such window falls occurring in the previous year.

(e) Applicability to All Military Family Housing.—This section applies to military family housing under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and military family housing acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. B, title XXVIII, §2817(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1851, §2879; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, §1081(a)(28), div. B, title XXVIII, §2823(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1985, 2269; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, §1731(a)(57), div. B, title XXX, §3034, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1815, 1936; renumbered §2857 and amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. B, title XXVIII, §2812(a), (b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2191.)

A prior section 2857 was renumbered section 2915 of this title.

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(a), renumbered section 2879 of this title as this section and transferred it to appear after section 2856 of this title.

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(b)(1), struck out "acquired or constructed under this chapter" after "housing unit".

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(b)(2), struck out "acquired or constructed under this chapter" after "housing units".

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(b)(3), added subsec. (e).

2019—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(1), substituted "described in paragraph (3)" for "that protect against unintentional window falls by young children and that are in compliance with applicable International Building Code (IBC) standards".

Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(2)(A), substituted "October 1, 2019" for "December 11, 2017".

Pub. L. 116–92, §1731(a)(57), struck out comma before period at end.

Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(2)(B), substituted "October 1, 2019" for "September 1, 2018".

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(3), added par. (3).

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(c), substituted "paragraph (3)" for "paragraph (1)".

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(b), substituted "42 inches" for "24 inches".

2018—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, §2823(a)(1), substituted "subsection (c)" for "subsection (b)".

Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 115–232, §1081(a)(28), substituted "after December 11, 2017," for "on or after the date of the enactment of this section".

Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 115–232, §2823(a)(2), (3), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively.

Pub. L. 115–232, div. B, title XXVIII, §2823(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2269, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year."