S.Amdt. 3495

SA 3495. Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 A of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2811. COASTAL RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out
projects for mitigation of hurricane and storm damage risk
that will contribute to maintaining or improving military
installation resilience (as defined in section 101(f)(8) of
title 10, United States Code) or will prevent or mitigate
encroachment that could affect operations of the Department
of Defense.
(b) Cost Share.--Not less than 10 percent of the amount of
costs associated with the coastal storm risk management
features of a project carried out under subsection (a) shall
be paid by a non-Federal interest.
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