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Contracts;

PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term "Secretary concerned" has the same meaning as provided in section 101(5) of title 37, United States Code. (g) LIMITATIONS ON OBLIGATIONS.—The total amount of payments made during fiscal year 1989 as the result of agreements entered into under this section may not exceed $4,000,000. (h) REPORT.—(1) Not later than September 1, 1988, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing a description of the manner in which the pilot test progrsun provided for in this section is to be structured, including the minimum periods of service to be required for various levels of special pay under this section. (2) Not later than February 1, 1990, the Secretary also shall submit to such committees an evaluation of the effectiveness of the program and recommendations for its continuation or modification. (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The authority to enter into agreements under this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the committees referred to in subsection (h)(l) receive the report required by such subsection. PART C—OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS SEC. 621. HOUSING LEASE INDEMNITY PROGRAM

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 53 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 1055. Waiver of security deposits for members renting private housing; authority to indemnify landlord "(a) The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program under which the Secretary of a military department agrees to indemnify a landlord who leases a rental unit to a member of the armed forces against a breach of the lease by the member or for damage to the rental unit caused by the member. In exchange for agreement for such indemnification by the Secretary, the landlord shall be required to WEiive any requirement for payment by the member of a security deposit that the landlord would otherwise require. "(b)(l) For purposes of carrying out a program authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of a military department, to the extent funds are provided in advance in appropriation Acts, may enter into an agreement with any landlord who agrees to waive the requirement for a security deposit in connection with the lease of a rental unit to a member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. An agreement tinder this paragraph shall provide that— "(A) the term of the agreement shall remain in effect during the term of the member's lease and during any lease renewal periods with the lessor; "(B) the member shall not pay a security deposit; "(C) the Secretary (except as provided in subparagraphs (D) and (E)) shall compensate the landlord for breach of the lease by the member and for damage to the rental unit caused by the member or by a guest or dependent of the member; "(D) the total liability of the Secretary for a breach of the lease or for damage described in subparagraph (C) may not exceed an amount equal to the amount that the Secretary determines would have been required by the landlord as a

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