HOMEFRONT Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5095 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5095

To amend title 54, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code 
 to exempt certain units of military housing from the requirements of 
    the National Historic Preservation Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 2, 2025

 Mr. Patronis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 54, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code 
 to exempt certain units of military housing from the requirements of 
    the National Historic Preservation Act, 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 ``Housing Our Military Effectively For 
Readiness, Operations, and Neutralization of Threats Act of 2025'' or 
the ``HOMEFRONT Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT TO 
              CERTAIN MILITARY HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--Section 307104 of title 54, United States Code is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading--
                    (A) by striking ``or''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Capitol'' and inserting 
                ``Capitol, and certain military housing'';
            (2) by striking ``Nothing'' and inserting ``(a) White 
        House; Supreme Court; Capitol.-- Nothing''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Military Housing Exemptions.--(1) Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), nothing in this division applies to any facility under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense that, as of the date of 
the enactment of the HOMEFRONT Act of 2025, has been used as--
            ``(A) military unaccompanied housing (as defined in section 
        2871 of title 10, United States Code); or
            ``(B) military family housing (as defined in such section).
    ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B) and subparagraph (C), the 
Secretary may exclude from the exemption under this subsection any unit 
of military unaccompanied housing or military family housing pursuant 
to conditions the Secretary prescribes in regulations. Any unit of 
military unaccompanied housing or military family housing excluded from 
the exemption under this subsection shall be managed in accordance with 
this division until the date on which the Secretary elects to revoke 
such exclusion.
    ``(B) The total number of units of military unaccompanied housing 
or military family housing excluded from the exemption under this 
subsection pursuant to paragraph (2) may not exceed one-tenth of one 
percent of the total number of units of military unaccompanied housing 
or military family housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Defense.
    ``(C) Any facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Defense that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as 
of January 20, 2025, may not be excluded from the exemption under this 
subsection.''.
    (b) Privatized Military Housing.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2890 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Prohibition on Use of Nondisclosure Agreements.--(1) A 
landlord may not request that a tenant or prospective tenant of a 
housing unit sign a nondisclosure agreement in connection with the 
provision entering into, continuing, terminating a lease for the 
housing unit, or in connection with the provision by the landlord of 
services related to the housing unit. Any such agreement against the 
interests of the tenant is invalid.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a nondisclosure agreement 
executed as part of the settlement of litigation.''.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Subsection (f) of section 
        2890 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by paragraph 
        (1)), shall apply with respect to any nondisclosure agreement 
        covered by the terms of such subsection (f) regardless of the 
        date on which the agreement was executed.
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