[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7608-S7609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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