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10 U.S.C. 2857: Window fall prevention devices in military family housing units

Created in 2017 by Public Law 115-91. Changed by 3 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (d)

How it got here

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. Law text
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(b)(1), struck out "acquired or constructed under this chapter" after "housing unit". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(b)(2), struck out "acquired or constructed under this chapter" after "housing units". Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–81, §2812(b)(3), added subsec. (e). Law text · (e)

2019

  • 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". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(2)(A), substituted "October 1, 2019" for "December 11, 2017". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §1731(a)(57), struck out comma before period at end. Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(2)(B), substituted "October 1, 2019" for "September 1, 2018". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(a)(3), added par. (3). Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(c), substituted "paragraph (3)" for "paragraph (1)". Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §3034(b), substituted "42 inches" for "24 inches". Law text · (c)

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–232, §2823(a)(1), substituted "subsection (c)" for "subsection (b)". Law text · (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". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §2823(a)(2), (3), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively. Law text · (b), (c), (d)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.