S.Amdt. 5377

SA 5377. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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:

On page 454, after line 21, add the following:

SEC. 2814. VEGETATION MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRAINING RANGES.

(a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit concurrently with the budget materials submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2010 a vegetation maintenance plan for all Department of Defense training ranges identifying measures to prevent training range encroachment, identify recoverable acreage, and sustain any potential recovery.

(b) Content.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include--

(1) a survey of all Department of Defense training ranges and the impact of vegetation on the loss of training range acreage;

(2) an estimate of the funds required, identified by installation, for vegetation management;

(3) a ranking of probable adverse training impacts by installation; and

(4) a proposed five-year plan, and projected budgetary resources needed by year, to sustain the vegetation management gains proposed by the plan.