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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2766 

To require congressional notification related to current and future planning 

and construction of federally funded military construction projects located 

within 100-year floodplains. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 26, 2018 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require congressional notification related to current and 

future planning and construction of federally funded military construction projects located within 100-year 

floodplains. 

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 ‘‘Protecting Our Mili5 tary Installations from Recurrent Floods Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FLOOD RISK DISCLOSURE FOR MILITARY CON2 STRUCTION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

4 modify Department of Defense Form 1391 to require, 

5 with respect to any proposed major or minor military con6 struction project requiring congressional notification or 

7 approval, disclosure whether a proposed project will be 

8 sited within or partially within a 100-year floodplain, ac9 cording to the most recent available Federal Emergency 

10 Management Agency flood hazard data. 

11 (b) DELINEATION OF FLOODPLAIN.—To the extent 

12 that Federal Emergency Management Agency flood haz13 ard data are not available for a proposed major or minor 

14 military construction site, the Secretary concerned shall 

15 establish a process for delineating the 100-year floodplain 

16 using risk analysis that is consistent with the standards 

17 used to inform Federal flood risk assessments. 

18 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—For proposed 

19 projects that are to be sited within or partially within a 

20 100-year floodplain, the Secretary concerned shall submit 

21 to the congressional defense committees a report with the 

22 following: 

23 (1) An assessment of flood vulnerability for the 

24 proposed project. 

25 (2) Any information concerning alternative con26 struction sites that were considered, and an explaVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 May 03, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2766.IS S2766

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1 nation of why those sites do not satisfy mission re2 quirements. 

3 (3) A description of planned flood mitigation 

4 measures. 

5 (d) MINIMUM FLOOD MITIGATION REQUIRE6 MENTS.—When mitigating the flood risk of a major or 

7 minor military construction project within or partially 

8 within the 100-year floodplain, the Secretary concerned 

9 shall require any mitigation plan to assume an addi10 tional— 

11 (1) 2 feet above the base flood elevation for 

12 non-mission critical buildings, as determined by the 

13 Secretary; and 

14 (2) 3 feet above the base flood elevation for 

15 mission-critical buildings, as determined by the Sec16 retary. 

17 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘ ‘con18 gressional defense committees’ ’’ and ‘‘Secretary con19 cerned’’ have the meaning given the terms in section 

20 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

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