S.Amdt. 978

SA 978. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON HURRICANE DAMAGE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ASSETS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
damage to Department of Defense assets and installations from
hurricanes during 2017.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) The results of a storm damage assessment.
(2) A description of affected military installations and
assets.
(3) A request for funding to initiate the repair and
replacement of damaged facilities and assets, including
necessary upgrades to existing facilities to make them
compliant with current hurricane standards, and to cover any
unfunded requirements for military construction at affected
military installations.
(4) An adaptation plan to ensure military installations
funded with taxpayer dollars are constructed to better
withstand flooding and extreme weather events.
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