[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4865-S4866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2543. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2857. MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE PROJECT 
                   ACCELERATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment of Program.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after section 2815a the following new section:

     ``Sec. 2815b. Military Installation Resilience Project 
       Acceleration Program

       ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Office of 
     the Secretary of Defense a program to be known as the 
     `Military Installation Resilience Project Acceleration 
     Program' (in this section referred to as the `Program').
       ``(b) Purpose.--The Program shall be conducted for the 
     purpose of accelerating the planning for and implementation 
     of projects and other actions on or related to a military 
     installation that are--
       ``(1) addressed in the military installation resilience 
     component of installation master plans developed in 
     accordance with section 2864(c) of this title;
       ``(2) identified as current or potential military 
     installation resilience projects under section 2815 of this 
     title;
       ``(3) identified as current or potential projects for the 
     improvement of stormwater management in accordance with 
     section 2815a of this title;
       ``(4) identified as suitable to preserve or enhance the 
     climate resilience of defense access roads in accordance with 
     section 210 of title 23;
       ``(5) identified as related to military installation 
     resilience in a current or potential intergovernmental 
     support agreement under section 2679 of this title;
       ``(6) identified as related to establishing and 
     supporting--
       ``(A) resilience coordinators for sentinel landscapes 
     designated in accordance with section 2693 of this title; or
       ``(B) Interagency Regional Coordinators established under 
     section 2872 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 2864 note); 
     or
       ``(7) identified as related to conducting flood risk 
     management studies or projects on military installations or 
     operational ranges.
       ``(c) Identification of Projects and Other Actions.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall establish a merit-based process 
     for identifying projects and other actions suitable for 
     funding through the Program.
       ``(d) Transfer Authority.--(1) To accomplish the purpose 
     under subsection (b), amounts appropriated for the Program 
     for a

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     fiscal year may be transferred by the Secretary of Defense 
     pursuant to transfer authority available to the Secretary 
     under the provisions of an authorization Act or 
     appropriations Act for that fiscal year to any of the 
     following accounts of the Department of Defense:
       ``(A) Operation and maintenance accounts.
       ``(B) Research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.
       ``(C) Military construction accounts.
       ``(D) Minor military construction accounts.
       ``(2) An amount transferred under paragraph (1) shall be--
       ``(A) merged with and deemed to increase the amount 
     authorized and appropriated for the account to which the 
     amount was transferred by an amount equal to the amount so 
     transferred; and
       ``(B) available for the same purposes as amounts in the 
     account to which transferred.
       ``(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to require or enable any official of the 
     Department of Defense to provide funding under this section 
     pursuant to a community project funding request, as defined 
     in the Rules of the House of Representatives, or a 
     congressionally directed spending item, as defined in the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate.
       ``(f) Annual Reports.--(1) Not later than March 1 of each 
     year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
     on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report on the Program.
       ``(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the 
     following:
       ``(A) A description of the nature and status of the 
     projects or actions undertaken in whole or part with funds 
     appropriated for the Program.
       ``(B) An assessment of the effectiveness of such projects 
     or actions as part of a long-term strategy--
       ``(i) to ensure the resilience of military installations, 
     key supporting civilian infrastructure, and defense access 
     roads; and
       ``(ii) to improve the management of stormwater on or 
     related to a military installation.
       ``(C) An evaluation of the methodology and criteria used to 
     select and to establish priorities for projects and actions 
     funded in whole or part with funds appropriated for the 
     Program.
       ``(D) Such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense 
     considers appropriate for legislative or administrative 
     action to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
     Program.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 2815a the following new item:

``2815b. Military Installation Resilience Project Acceleration 
              Program.''.
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