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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6296. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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. 2873. MILITARY INSTALLATION STORMWATER PROJECT
ACCELERATION 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 Stormwater 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 Stormwater 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 component of
installation master plans developed in accordance with
section 2864(c) of this title;
“(2) identified as potential military installation
projects under section 2815 of this title;
“(3) identified for the improvement of stormwater
management in accordance with section 2815a of this title; or
“(4) identified as suitable to preserve or enhance Defense
Access Roads in accordance with section 210 of title 23.
“(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) 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.
“(e) 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 prevent flooding on 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.”.