[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1771. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3__. ENHANCEMENT OF RESILIENCE OF DEFENSE COMMUNITY 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE.

       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 pre-disaster mitigation measures 
     and projects that, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
     will contribute to maintaining or improving military 
     installation resilience.
       ``(ii) In the case of funds provided under clause (i) for 
     projects involving the preservation or restoration of natural 
     features for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing military 
     installation resilience--
       ``(I) such funds--
       ``(aa) 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 or restoration of such natural features; and
       ``(bb) may be placed by the recipient in an interest-
     bearing or other investment account; and
       ``(II) any interest or income shall be applied for the same 
     purposes as the principal.
       ``(iii) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     for assistance under this subparagraph shall remain available 
     until expended.'';
       (2) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ``to plan for and 
     implement actions'' after ``to assist State and local 
     governments''; and
       (3) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``subsection (b)(1)(D)'' 
     and inserting ``subsections (b)(1)(D), (b)(1)(E), (b)(5)(D), 
     and (d)(1)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by adding at the end the following 
     new clause:
       ``(iv) A disaster mitigation or risk reduction project.''.
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