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Department of Defense military installation stormwater project acceleration program

Division B · Title XXVIII: Military Construction General Provisions · Subtitle A: Military Construction Programs

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The Department of Defense will create a program to speed up planning and funding for certain military construction projects focused on stormwater management and resilience at military installations. Projects will be selected based on merit criteria, and the program will exclude funding requests tied to community projects or congressional earmarks. The Secretary of Defense must provide annual reports on the projects’ progress, effectiveness in preventing flooding, and recommendations for improving the program.

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Section Text · Sec. 2807.
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(a) Establishment of program

Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2815a the following new section:

2815b. Military Installation Stormwater Project Acceleration Program

(a) Establishment

The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to be known as the Military Installation Stormwater Project Acceleration Program (in this section referred to as the Program ).

(b) Activities

Under the Program, the Secretary shall—

(1)

establish procedures to accelerate the planning for and implementation of military construction projects described in subsection (c); and

(2)

provide supplemental funding to military construction projects described in such subsection.

(c) Military construction project described

A military construction project described in this subsection is a military construction project that is—

(1)

specified in the military installation resilience component of a military installation master plan developed pursuant to section 2864(a);

(2)

identified as a potential military installation resilience project under section 2815 of this title;

(3)

identified as a stormwater management project under section 2815a of this title; or

(4)

identified as suitable to preserve or enhance defense access roads in accordance with section 210 of title 23.

(d) Merit-based criteria

The Secretary shall establish merit-based criteria for use in the selection of military construction projects to receive funding under the Program.

(e) Rule of construction

Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or enable any official of the Department of Defense to provide funding under this section pursuant to—

(1)

a community project funding request; or

(2)

a congressionally directed spending item (as defined in the Standing Rules of the Senate).

(f) Annual report

Not later than March 1 of the first calendar year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the Program. Each such report shall include the following:

(1)

A description of the nature and status of the military construction projects or actions undertaken in whole or part with funds appropriated for the Program.

(2)

An assessment of the effectiveness of such military construction projects or actions as part of a long-term strategy—

(A)

to prevent flooding on—

(i)

military installations;

(ii)

key supporting civilian infrastructure; and

(iii)

and defense access roads; and

(B)

to improve the management of stormwater on or related to a military installation.

(3)

An evaluation of the methodology and criteria used to select and establish priorities for military construction projects and actions funded in whole or part with funds appropriated for the Program.

(4)

Such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate for legislative or administrative actions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Program.

(b) Clerical amendment

The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2815a the following new item: