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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7091 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify and rename the Office 

of Economic Adjustment of the Department of Defense, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2020 

Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. HECK, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 

Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify and rename 

the Office of Economic Adjustment of the Department 

of Defense, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Defense Community 

5 Investment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Office of Economic Adjustment, 

9 through relationships with defense communities built 


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1 over the course of years, is uniquely situated and 

2 technically staffed to effectively administer the Com3 munity Investment Program of the Department of 

4 Defense and to help States and communities main5 tain strong relationships that address community 

6 challenges while simultaneously supporting military 

7 readiness. 

8 (2) Installation readiness and resiliency does 

9 not stop at the fence line, and often requires coordi10 nation and planning with other organizations of the 

11 Department of Defense, the Armed Forces, other 

12 Federal departments and agencies, and communities 

13 surrounding military installations. 

14 (3) The Community Investment Program en15 ables States and communities to organize, evaluate, 

16 and plan for appropriate community investments 

17 that support the sustainability, readiness, and 

18 growth of a military mission at an installation by— 

19 (A) addressing impacts that mission 

20 growth may have on everything from housing, 

21 schools, transportation, utilities, access to med22 ical services, and other public services; 

23 (B) providing funding to construct, ren24 ovate, repair, or expand public schools located 


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1 on military installations to address capacity and 

2 facility condition deficiencies; and 

3 (C) improving accessibility and safety of 

4 access to medical facilities for wounded war5 riors, veterans, staff, and all other eligible bene6 ficiaries. 

7 (4) The Defense Community Infrastructure 

8 Pilot Program authorizes the Secretary of Defense 

9 to make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, 

10 and provide supplemental funds to address defi11 ciencies in community infrastructure supportive of a 

12 military installation. 

13 (5) The Defense Manufacturing Communities 

14 Program authorizes long-term investments by the 

15 Secretary of Defense in critical skills, facilities, re16 search and development, and small business support 

17 by designating and supporting consortiums in order 

18 to strengthen national security innovation. 

19 (6) The Office of Economic Adjustment con20 tinues to help communities affected by base realign21 ments and closures to address issues by assisting in 

22 land use planning to respond to unanticipated envi23 ronmental contamination and the availability of new 

24 parcels of land for redevelopment. 


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1 (7) Industry resilience projects support critical 

2 military missions by building a more competitive and 

3 resilient defense industrial base, creating closer civil4 ian-military partnerships, and promoting community 

5 and economic development that support key military 

6 missions, including by— 

7 (A) promoting industry resilience, with 

8 funding that helps protect critical production 

9 capabilities and expand markets for defense 

10 suppliers; 

11 (B) enhancing military modernization, by 

12 helping defense suppliers become more innova13 tive and invent, develop, and deploy techno14 logically superior products for the Armed 

15 Forces; and 

16 (C) preserving military readiness, by help17 ing communities, companies, and workers be18 come more agile and responsive to the fluid 

19 military needs and requirements. 

20 (8) The Military Installation Sustainability Pro21 gram of assistance provides technical and financial 

22 assistance to States and local governments to ana23 lyze and implement actions necessary to foster, pro24 tect, and enhance military installation sustainability 

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1 ment and other manmade or natural threats to in2 stallation resiliency including— 

3 (A) compatible use and joint land use stud4 ies; 

5 (B) compatible use plans; and 

6 (C) military installation resilience reviews. 

7 (9) Reductions to the budget of the Office of 

8 Economic Adjustment will adversely affect the de9 fense community missions the Office supports, harm 

10 small businesses, impede efforts to rebuild schools 

11 for children of members of the Armed Forces, and 

12 compromise readiness and infrastructure resiliency 

13 efforts. 

14 SEC. 3. OFFICE OF DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION 

15 AND ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 141 of title 10, 

18 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

19 section 2391 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 2391a. Office of Defense Community Cooperation 

21 and Economic Adjustment 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Office of the 

23 Secretary of Defense an Office of Defense Community Co24 operation and Economic Adjustment (in this section re25 ferred to as the ‘Office’). 


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1 ‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—There is a Director of the 

2 Office who shall be the head of the Office. The Director 

3 shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense. 

4 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) serve as the office in the Department of 

6 Defense with primary responsibility for— 

7 ‘‘(A) providing assistance to States, coun8 ties, municipalities, regions, and other commu9 nities to foster cooperation with military instal10 lations to enhance the military mission, achieve 

11 facility and infrastructure savings and reduced 

12 operating costs, address encroachment and 

13 compatible land use issues, support military 

14 families, and increase military, civilian, and in15 dustrial readiness and resiliency; and 

16 ‘‘(B) providing adjustment and diversifica17 tion assistance to State and local governments 

18 under section 2391(b) to achieve the objectives 

19 described in subparagraph (A); 

20 ‘‘(2) coordinate the provision of such assistance 

21 with other organizations and elements of the De22 partment; 

23 ‘‘(3) provide support to the Economic Adjust24 ment Committee established under Executive Order 


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1 12788 (57 Fed. Reg. 2213; 10 U.S.C. 2391 note) or 

2 any successor to such Committee; and 

3 ‘‘(4) carry out such other activities as the Sec4 retary of Defense determines appropriate.’’. 

5 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec6 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

7 by inserting after the item relating to section 2391 

8 the following new item: 

‘‘2391a. Office of Defense Community Cooperation and Economic Adjustment.’’. 

9 (b) TRANSFERS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

11 shall transfer the functions, personnel, and assets of the 

12 Office of Economic Adjustment of the Department of De13 fense to the Office of Defense Community Cooperation 

14 and Economic Adjustment established under section 

15 2391a of title 10, United States Code (as added by sub16 section (a)). 

17 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.—Be18 ginning on the effective date of the transfers under sub19 section (b), any program, project, or other activity admin20 istered by the Office of Economic Adjustment of the De21 partment of Defense as of the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act shall be administered by the Office of Defense 

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1 lished under section 2391a of title 10, United States Code 

2 (as added by subsection (a)). 

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