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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1749 

To improve master plans for major military installations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2013 

Mr. SCHATZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To improve master plans for major military installations. 

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 Installations 

5 Enhancement Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES MILITARY 

7 INSTALLATIONS. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find9 ings: 

10 (1) The Department of Defense is one of the 

11 largest Federal holders of real estate, with a global 

12 portfolio covering more than 27,700,000 acres. 


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1 (2) The Department of Defense maintains more 

2 than 5,000 military sites, with 122 sites considered 

3 major military installations, each valued at more 

4 than $1,794,000,000 in fiscal year 2013 dollars. 

5 (3) The Department of Defense is working to 

6 maximize range and training areas on its military 

7 installations in an effort to promote military readi8 ness. 

9 (4) The Department of Defense is committed to 

10 ensuring that it is delivering cost-effective, safe, and 

11 environmentally sound capabilities and capacities to 

12 support the national defense mission. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that— 

15 (1) military installations are a critical compo16 nent of the United States force capabilities; 

17 (2) military installations should be developed to 

18 preserve or expand range and training areas on 

19 bases in order to enhance military readiness; 

20 (3) military installations create communities of 

21 identity for servicemembers and their families, and 

22 are important to overall wellness and quality of life; 

23 (4) the Department of Defense should take into 

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1 struction costs on installations through cost-effective 

2 construction and planning; and 

3 (5) the Department of Defense and Congress 

4 should endeavor to promote quality of life for 

5 servicemembers and military families living on mili6 tary installations. 

7 SEC. 3. IMPROVING MASTER PLANS FOR MAJOR MILITARY 

8 INSTALLATIONS. 

9 Section 2864 of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘At a time’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘(1) At a time’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(2) To address the requirements under paragraph 

17 (1), each installation master plan shall include consider18 ation of— 

19 ‘‘(A) planning for redevelopment and infill de20 velopment to reduce consumption of undeveloped 

21 land on installations; 

22 ‘‘(B) horizontal and vertical mixed-use develop23 ment; 

24 ‘‘(C) the full lifecycle costs of planning deci25 sions; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) capacity planning through the establish2 ment of growth boundaries around cantonment areas 

3 to focus development towards the core and preserve 

4 range and training space.’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘The transportation’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘(1) The transportation’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(2) To address the requirements under subsection 

11 (a) and paragraph (1), each installation master plan shall 

12 include consideration of ways to diversify and connect 

13 transit systems and increase safety for all road users.’’; 

14 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub15 section (d); and 

16 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol17 lowing new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 

19 supersede the requirements of section 2859(a) of this 

20 title.’’. 

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