S.Amdt. 1771

SA 1771. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. ENHANCEMENT OF RESILIENCE OF DEFENSE COMMUNITY
INFRASTRUCTURE.

Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(5), by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(D)(i) The Secretary of Defense may also make grants,
conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal
funds in order to assist a State or local government in
planning and implementing pre-disaster mitigation measures
and projects that, as determined by the Secretary of Defense,
will contribute to maintaining or improving military
installation resilience.
``(ii) In the case of funds provided under clause (i) for
projects involving the preservation or restoration of natural
features for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing military
installation resilience--
``(I) such funds--
``(aa) may be provided in a lump sum and include an amount
intended to cover the future costs of the natural resource
maintenance and improvement activities required for the
preservation or restoration of such natural features; and
``(bb) may be placed by the recipient in an interest-
bearing or other investment account; and
``(II) any interest or income shall be applied for the same
purposes as the principal.
``(iii) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
for assistance under this subparagraph shall remain available
until expended.'';
(2) in subsection (d)(1) by inserting ``to plan for and
implement actions'' after ``to assist State and local
governments''; and
(3) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``subsection (b)(1)(D)''
and inserting ``subsections (b)(1)(D), (b)(1)(E), (b)(5)(D),
and (d)(1)''; and
(B) in paragraph (4)(B), by adding at the end the following
new clause:
``(iv) A disaster mitigation or risk reduction project.''.
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