[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7608-S7609]
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SA 4135. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 318. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
PROJECTS FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND DEFENSE
ACCESS ROADS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
2815 the following new section:
``Sec. 2815a. Stormwater management projects for installation
and defense access road resilience and waterway and
ecosystems conservation
``(a) Projects Authorized.--The Secretary concerned may
carry out a stormwater management project on or related to a
military installation for the purpose of--
``(1) improving military installation resilience or the
resilience of a defense access road or other essential
civilian infrastructure supporting the military installation;
and
``(2) protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-stressed
ecosystems.
``(b) Project Methods and Funding Sources.--A stormwater
management project may be carried out under this section as,
or as part of, any of the following:
``(1) An authorized military construction project.
``(2) An unspecified minor military construction project
under section 2805 of this title, including using
appropriations available for operation and maintenance
subject to the limitation in subsection (c) of such section.
``(3) A military installation resilience project under
section 2815 of this title, including using appropriations
available for operations and maintenance subject to the
limitation of subsection (e)(3) of such section.
``(4) A defense community infrastructure resilience project
under section 2391(d) of this title.
``(5) A military construction project under section 2914 of
this title.
``(6) A reserve component facility project under section
18233 of this title.
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``(7) A defense access road project under section 210 of
title 23.
``(c) Project Priorities.--In selecting stormwater
management projects to be carried out under this section, the
Secretary concerned shall give a priority to project
proposals involving the retrofitting of buildings and grounds
on a military installation or retrofitting a defense access
road to reduce stormwater runoff.
``(d) Project Activities.--Activities carried out as part
of a stormwater management project under this section may
include the following:
``(1) The installation, expansion, or refurbishment of
stormwater ponds and other water-slowing and retention
measures.
``(2) The installation of permeable pavement in lieu of, or
to replace existing, nonpermeable pavement.
``(3) The use of planters, tree boxes, cisterns, and rain
gardens to reduce stormwater runoff.
``(e) Project Coordination.--In the case of a stormwater
management project carried out under this section on or
related to a military installation and any project related to
the same installation carried out under section 2391(d),
2815, or 2914 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall
ensure coordination between the projects regarding the water
access, management, conservation, security, and resilience
aspects of the projects.
``(f) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than 90 days after the
end of each fiscal year, each Secretary concerned shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
describing--
``(A) the status of planned and active stormwater
management projects carried out by that Secretary under this
section; and
``(B) all projects completed by that Secretary during the
previous fiscal year.
``(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall
include, with respect to each stormwater management project
described in the report, the following information:
``(A) The title, location, a brief description of the scope
of work, the original project cost estimate, and the current
working cost estimate.
``(B) The rationale for how the project will--
``(i) improve military installation resilience or the
resilience of a defense access road or other essential
civilian infrastructure supporting a military installation;
and
``(ii) protect waterways and stormwater-stressed
ecosystems.
``(C) Such other information as the Secretary concerned
considers appropriate.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `defense access road' means a road certified
to the Secretary of Transportation as important to the
national defense under section 210 of title 23.
``(2) The terms `facility' and `State' have the meanings
given those terms in section 18232 of this title.
``(3) The term `military installation' includes a facility
of a reserve component of an armed force owned by a State
rather than the United States.
``(4) The term `Secretary concerned' means--
``(A) the Secretary of a military department with respect
to military installations under the jurisdiction of that
Secretary; and
``(B) the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters
concerning the Defense Agencies and facilities of a reserve
component owned by a State rather than the United States.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter I of such title is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 2815 the
following new item:
``2815a. Stormwater management projects for installation and defense
access road resilience and waterway and ecosystems
conservation.''.
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