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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7290 

To modify the cost-sharing requirement of the Defense Community Infrastructure Program and to temporarily expand eligibility for Department of 

Defense impact aid and authorize additional amounts to provide such 

aid, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 22, 2020 

Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. CROW, Mr. KIM, and Mr. KILMER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To modify the cost-sharing requirement of the Defense Community Infrastructure Program and to temporarily expand eligibility for Department of Defense impact aid 

and authorize additional amounts to provide such aid, 

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 Communities 

5 Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT 

2 OF THE DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUC3 TURE PROGRAM. 

4 Paragraph (2) of section 2391(d) of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall establish cri7 teria for the selection of community infrastructure 

8 projects to receive assistance under paragraph (1). The 

9 criteria shall include a cost-sharing requirement under 

10 which the State government, local government, or not-for11 profit, member-owned utility service proposing the com12 munity infrastructure project shall be required to cover 

13 a percentage of the cost of the community infrastructure 

14 project, as specified for the fiscal year involved in subpara15 graph (B) or (C). 

16 ‘‘(B) In the case of a community infrastructure 

17 project that receives funds during the fiscal year 2021 ap18 plication cycle, the State government, local government, 

19 or not-for-profit, member-owned utility service shall agree 

20 to contribute five percent of the funding for the commu21 nity infrastructure project, unless a national security waiv22 er is approved by the Secretary of Defense. 

23 ‘‘(C) In the case of a community infrastructure 

24 project that receives funds during the fiscal year 2022 or 

25 a subsequent application cycle: 


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1 ‘‘(i) If the community infrastructure project will 

2 be carried out in a non-rural area, the State govern3 ment, local government, or not-for-profit, member4 owned utility service shall agree to contribute 30 

5 percent of the funding for the community infrastruc6 ture project, unless a national security waiver is ap7 proved by the Secretary of Defense. 

8 ‘‘(ii) If the community infrastructure project 

9 will be carried out in a rural area, the State govern10 ment, local government, or not-for-profit, member11 owned utility service shall agree to contribute 20 

12 percent of the funding for the community infrastruc13 ture project, unless a national security waiver is ap14 proved by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE TO 

16 SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF 

17 MILITARY DEPENDENT CHILDREN. 

18 (a) TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR

19 DOD ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of 

20 section 572(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

21 for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 20 U.S.C. 

22 7703b), a qualified local educational agency shall be eligi23 ble to receive assistance under such section for fiscal years 

24 2021 and 2022 if at least five percent (as rounded to the 

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1 tendance in the schools of such agency during the pre2 ceding school year were military dependent students 

3 counted under section 7003(a)(1) of the Elementary and 

4 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)). 

5 (b) INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR DOD ASSIST6 ANCE.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

7 $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 for the purpose of pro8 viding assistance to local educational agencies under sub9 section (a) of section 572 of the National Defense Author10 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 

11 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 

12 (c) QUALIFIED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘qualified local edu14 cational agency’’ means a local educational agency (as de15 fined in section 7013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9))) that is lo17 cated in an area covered by a declaration of a major dis18 aster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 

19 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer20 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) at any time dur21 ing the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending 

22 on July 31, 2020. 


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1 SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES SERVING MILITARY IN2 STALLATIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall exercise the 

4 authorities provided under title III of the Defense Produc5 tion Act of 1950 to provide direct loans to small busi6 nesses identified under subsection (b). 

7 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF BUSINESSES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

9 shall establish a process under which commanders of 

10 military installations may each identify up to 10 

11 small businesses that— 

12 (A) provide mission essential products and 

13 services to the applicable military installation; 

14 and 

15 (B) have been negatively impacted due to 

16 COVID–19 and the resulting economic down17 turn. 

18 (2) NON-DUPLICATION.—A small business may 

19 not be identified under paragraph (1) by more than 

20 one commander of a military installation. 

21 (c) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.—In carrying 

22 out subsection (a), the President may not expend more 

23 than $100,000 with respect to a single small business. 

24 (d) DETERMINATION.—For purposes of title III of 

25 the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et 

26 seq.), products and services provided by small businesses 


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1 identified under subsection (b) to military installations 

2 shall be deemed an industrial resource, critical technology 

3 item, or material that is essential for national defense pur4 poses. 

5 (e) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 

6 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

7 $50,000,000 to exercise the authorities described under 

8 subsection (a). 

9 (f) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 365-day 

10 period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 

11 President shall issue a report to the Congress detailing 

12 the use of the authorities provided by this Act. 

13 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘mili15 tary installation’’ has the meaning given that term 

16 under section 2687 of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (2) MISSION ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS AND SERV18 ICES.—The term ‘‘mission essential products and 

19 services’’ means— 

20 (A) products or services essential to— 

21 (i) physical security; 

22 (ii) ensuring a regular supply of food, 

23 water, and medical supplies; 


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1 (iii) maintenance and upkeep of mili2 tary installation facilities, grounds, and ve3 hicles; or 

4 (iv) ensuring a regular supply of utili5 ties (including water, electricity, and nat6 ural gas); or 

7 (B) any products or services not described 

8 under subparagraph (A) with respect to which 

9 the commander of a military installation deter10 mines that a gap in the availability of such 

11 products or services would disrupt normal oper12 ations of the military installation. 

13 (3) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi14 ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi15 ness concern’’ under section 3 of the Small Business 

16 Act. 

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