[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2668. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 2834 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2834. DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM.

       Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
     (e) and (f), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d) Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program.--(1) 
     The Secretary of Defense may make grants, conclude 
     cooperative agreements, and supplement funds available under 
     Federal programs administered by agencies other than the 
     Department of Defense to assist State and local governments 
     to address deficiencies in community infrastructure 
     supportive of a military installation, if the Secretary 
     determines that such assistance will enhance the military 
     value, resilience, readiness, or military family quality of 
     life at such military installation.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the 
     selection of community infrastructure projects to receive 
     assistance under paragraph (1). The criteria shall include a 
     requirement that the State or local government agree to 
     contribute not less than 30 percent of the funding for the 
     community infrastructure project, unless the community 
     infrastructure project is located in a rural area, is located 
     in an area that has been impacted by past and current 
     flooding, or for reasons related to national security, in 
     which case the Secretary may waive the requirement for a 
     State or local government contribution.
       ``(3) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 
     assistance under paragraph (1) may remain available until 
     expended.
       ``(4) The authority under this subsection shall expire on 
     September 30, 2023.''; and
       (3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(4) The term `community infrastructure' means any 
     transportation project, including roads, bridges, and 
     tunnels; school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, 
     or other community support facility; or water, waste-water, 
     telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility 
     infrastructure project that is located off of a military 
     installation and owned by a State or local government.
       ``(5) The term `rural area' means a city, town, or 
     unincorporated area that has a population of not more than 
     20,000 inhabitants.''.
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