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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4704 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4704

    To authorize shoreline erosion control projects to protect the 
    infrastructure of military installations from shoreline erosion.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 11 (legislative day, July 10), 2024

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
    To authorize shoreline erosion control projects to protect the 
    infrastructure of military installations from shoreline erosion.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Installation Shoreline 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS TO PROTECT 
              MILITARY INSTALLATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--Section 2815a of title 10, United States Code is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``management'' and 
        inserting ``management and shoreline erosion control'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``carry out a stormwater management project on 
                or related to a military installation for the purposes 
                of'' and inserting ``, on or related to a military 
                installation, carry out''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) a stormwater management project for the purposes of--
                    ``(A) improving military installation resilience or 
                the resilience of a defense access road or other 
                essential civilian infrastructure supporting the 
                military installation; and
                    ``(B) protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-
                stressed ecosystems; or
            ``(2) a shoreline erosion control project for the purpose 
        of improving, protecting, or repairing shoreline to protect the 
        infrastructure of a military installation from shoreline 
        erosion.'';
            (3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``management'' and inserting ``management or 
        shoreline erosion control'';
            (4) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``stormwater management'';
                    (B) by striking ``proposals involving'' and 
                inserting ``proposals--
            ``(1) for stormwater management that involve'';
                    (C) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(2) for shoreline erosion control that involve the 
        improvement, protection, or repair of shoreline subject to wave 
        action or stormwater runoff and water levels resulting from 
        extreme weather conditions.'';
            (5) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``stormwater management'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``measures'' and 
                inserting ``measures to address storm water 
                management''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) The use of sheet piles, riprap, armor stone, sea 
        walls, natural plantings, or any future technologies created to 
        address shoreline erosion control.''; and
            (6) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking ``stormwater management'' each 
                place it appears; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' 
                        and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period 
                        and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
                        new clause:
                            ``(iii) improve, protect, or repair 
                        shoreline to protect infrastructure of a 
                        military installation from shoreline 
                        erosion.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
subchapter I of chapter 169 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 2815a and inserting the following new item:

``2815a. Stormwater management and shoreline erosion control projects 
                            for installation and defense access road 
                            resilience and waterway and ecosystem 
                            conservation.''
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