[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5280 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5280

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase Federal assistance 
available to State and local governments for maintaining and improving 
              military resilience, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2021

  Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase Federal assistance 
available to State and local governments for maintaining and improving 
              military resilience, 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 ``Local Resiliency Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING MILITARY INSTALLATION 
              RESILIENCE.

    Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(5), by adding at the end the 
        following new subparagraph:
    ``(D)(i) The Secretary of Defense may also make grants, conclude 
cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal funds, in order to 
assist a State or local government in planning and implementing 
measures and projects that, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
will contribute to maintaining or improving military installation 
resilience. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 
assistance under this subparagraph shall remain available until 
expended.
    ``(ii) In the case of funds provided under this subparagraph for 
projects involving the preservation, maintenance, or restoration of 
natural features for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing military 
installation resilience, such funds may be provided in a lump sum and 
include an amount intended to cover the future costs of the natural 
resource maintenance and improvement activities required for the 
preservation, maintenance, or restoration of such natural features, and 
may be placed by the recipient in an interest-bearing or other 
investment account, and any interest or income shall be applied for the 
same purposes as the principal.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``subsection 
        (b)(1)(D)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) (D) and (E) and 
        (5)(D) of subsection (b) and subsection (d)''.
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