S.Amdt. 4866

SA 4866. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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. 318. DESIGNATION OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OR ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR PERMANENT DEPLOYMENT OF
LIMITED NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT WITH STRATEGIC
SIGNIFICANCE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall designate as an action categorically excluded from the
requirements relating to environmental assessments or
environmental impact statements for purposes of appendix B of
part 989 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations (or
successor regulations), and part 1501 of title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), any project--
(1) that is critical to national security, maximizes
aircraft for contingencies, and enhances operational
flexibility; and
(2) that consists of beddown or plus-up of a small number
of aircraft to an installation with similar aircraft that
does not result in an increase of more than 300 permanent
personnel or logistics support requirements at the receiving
installation.
(b) Application of Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall apply
to any aircraft and infrastructure directly supporting a
beddown or plus-up described in such subsection, including
operational facilities, operational support facilities, and
on-base housing.
(c) Reprogramming.--The Secretary of the Air Force may
reprogram such funds allocated to the Department of the Air
Force as the Secretary considers necessary to expedite a
beddown or plus-up described in subsection (a), including for
infrastructure supporting such beddown or plus-up pursuant to
subsection (b).
(d) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry
out this section.
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