S.Amdt. 2668

SA 2668. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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:

Strike section 2834 and insert the following:

SEC. 2834. DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM.

Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(e) and (f), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsection:
``(d) Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program.--(1)
The Secretary of Defense may make grants, conclude
cooperative agreements, and supplement funds available under
Federal programs administered by agencies other than the
Department of Defense to assist State and local governments
to address deficiencies in community infrastructure
supportive of a military installation, if the Secretary
determines that such assistance will enhance the military
value, resilience, readiness, or military family quality of
life at such military installation.
``(2) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the
selection of community infrastructure projects to receive
assistance under paragraph (1). The criteria shall include a
requirement that the State or local government agree to
contribute not less than 30 percent of the funding for the
community infrastructure project, unless the community
infrastructure project is located in a rural area, is located
in an area that has been impacted by past and current
flooding, or for reasons related to national security, in
which case the Secretary may waive the requirement for a
State or local government contribution.
``(3) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for
assistance under paragraph (1) may remain available until
expended.
``(4) The authority under this subsection shall expire on
September 30, 2023.''; and
(3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(4) The term `community infrastructure' means any
transportation project, including roads, bridges, and
tunnels; school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response,
or other community support facility; or water, waste-water,
telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility
infrastructure project that is located off of a military
installation and owned by a State or local government.
``(5) The term `rural area' means a city, town, or
unincorporated area that has a population of not more than
20,000 inhabitants.''.
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