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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 

A BILL 

To authorize shoreline erosion control projects to protect 

the infrastructure of military installations from shoreline 

erosion. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Installation 

5 Shoreline Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL 

7 PROJECTS TO PROTECT MILITARY INSTALLA8 TION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2815a of title 10, United 

10 States Code is amended— 


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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘man2 agement’’ and inserting ‘‘management and 

3 shoreline erosion control’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

6 by striking ‘‘carry out a stormwater manage7 ment project on or related to a military installa8 tion for the purposes of’’ and inserting ‘‘, on or 

9 related to a military installation, carry out’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) a stormwater management project for the 

14 purposes of— 

15 ‘‘(A) improving military installation resil16 ience or the resilience of a defense access road 

17 or other essential civilian infrastructure sup18 porting the military installation; and 

19 ‘‘(B) protecting nearby waterways and 

20 stormwater-stressed ecosystems; or 

21 ‘‘(2) a shoreline erosion control project for the 

22 purpose of improving, protecting, or repairing shore23 line to protect the infrastructure of a military instal24 lation from shoreline erosion.’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘management’’ and in3 serting ‘‘management or shoreline erosion control’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘stormwater management’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘proposals involving’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘proposals— 

8 ‘‘(1) for stormwater management that involve’’; 

9 (C) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

10 and’’; and 

11 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(2) for shoreline erosion control that involve 

14 the improvement, protection, or repair of shoreline 

15 subject to wave action or stormwater runoff and 

16 water levels resulting from extreme weather condi17 tions.’’; 

18 (5) in subsection (d)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

20 by striking ‘‘stormwater management’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘meas22 ures’’ and inserting ‘‘measures to address storm 

23 water management’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

25 paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(4) The use of sheet piles, riprap, armor stone, 

2 sea walls, natural plantings, or any future tech3 nologies created to address shoreline erosion con4 trol.’’; and 

5 (6) in subsection (f)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘stormwater management’’ 

7 each place it appears; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

9 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

10 and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe12 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (iii) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing new clause: 

15 ‘‘(iii) improve, protect, or repair 

16 shoreline to protect infrastructure of a 

17 military installation from shoreline ero18 sion.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

20 at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 169 of such 

21 title is amended by striking the item relating to section 

22 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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