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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1156 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of each 

military department to develop resilience plans for installations of the 

Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 11, 2019 

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 amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of each military department to develop resilience 

plans for installations 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 ‘‘Requiring Every Amer5 ican Defense Installation to Nullify Environmental 

6 Stresses for Security Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘READINESS 

7 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MILI2 TARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE PLANS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 169 of 

4 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 2815. Military installation resilience plans 

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

8 ensure the maintenance and enhancement of military in9 stallation resilience through the development of military 

10 installation resilience plans under this section. 

11 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—Consistent with the use of military 

12 installations and State-owned installations of the National 

13 Guard to ensure the readiness of the armed forces, the 

14 Secretary of each military department shall carry out a 

15 program to provide for— 

16 ‘‘(1) the maintenance and enhancement of mili17 tary installation resilience on such installations; and 

18 ‘‘(2) the integration, to the extent consistent 

19 with requirements of the armed forces and the au20 thority of the Secretary concerned, of military instal21 lation resilience plans developed under subsection (c) 

22 and supporting activities with the pre-disaster miti23 gation and other relevant plans and activities of the 

24 Army Corps of Engineers, other Federal agencies, 

25 Indian tribes, and State and local agencies or enti26 ties. 


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1 ‘‘(c) MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE

2 PLANS.—In carrying out the program under subsection 

3 (b), the Secretary of each military department— 

4 ‘‘(1) shall develop and implement a military in5 stallation resilience plan for each military installa6 tion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con7 cerned; and 

8 ‘‘(2) subject to the availability of appropria9 tions, may develop and implement a military instal10 lation resilience plan for a State-owned installation 

11 of the National Guard if— 

12 ‘‘(A) such a plan is developed and imple13 mented in coordination with the chief executive 

14 officer of the State in which the installation is 

15 located; and 

16 ‘‘(B) such a plan is deemed, for purposes 

17 of any other provision of law, to be for lands or 

18 other geographical areas owned or controlled by 

19 the Department of Defense, or designated for 

20 use by the Department of Defense. 

21 ‘‘(d) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF PLANS.—Each mili22 tary installation resilience plan under subsection (c) shall, 

23 to the extent appropriate and applicable, provide for the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) A qualitative and, to the extent prac2 ticable, quantitative assessment of— 

3 ‘‘(A) current risks and threats to the resil4 ience of the military installation, including from 

5 extreme weather events, mean sea level fluctua6 tion, wildfires, flooding, and other changes in 

7 environmental conditions; and 

8 ‘‘(B) future risks and threats, including 

9 from extreme weather events, mean sea level 

10 fluctuation, wildfires, flooding, and other 

11 changes in environmental conditions, based on 

12 projections from reliable and authorized sources 

13 as described in section 2805(c) of the Military 

14 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 10 

16 U.S.C. 2864 note), to the resilience of any 

17 project considered in the master plan for the in18 stallation under section 2864 of this title during 

19 the 50-year lifespan of the installation. 

20 ‘‘(2) A description of the— 

21 ‘‘(A) assets or infrastructure located on 

22 the installation vulnerable to the risks and 

23 threats described in paragraph (1), with special 

24 emphasis on assets or infrastructure critical to 

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1 stallation and missions of any members of the 

2 armed forces stationed at the installation; and 

3 ‘‘(B) community infrastructure and re4 sources located outside the military installation 

5 that are— 

6 ‘‘(i) critical to the accomplishment of 

7 the missions of the military installation 

8 and of members of the armed forces sta9 tioned at the installation; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) vulnerable to the risks and 

11 threats described in paragraph (1). 

12 ‘‘(3) A description of the— 

13 ‘‘(A) current or planned infrastructure 

14 projects or other measures to mitigate the im15 pacts of risks and threats described in para16 graph (1) to the resilience of the military instal17 lation and the accomplishment of the missions 

18 of the military installation and missions of 

19 members of the armed forces stationed at the 

20 installation; 

21 ‘‘(B) estimated costs associated with such 

22 current or planned infrastructure projects or 

23 other mitigation measures; and 

24 ‘‘(C) current or planned interagency agree25 ments, cooperative agreements, memoranda of 


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1 agreement, or other agreements with other Fed2 eral agencies, Indian tribes, State or local gov3 ernments or entities, or other organizations or 

4 individuals for the purpose of or that will assist 

5 in maintaining or enhancing military installa6 tion resilience and the resilience of the commu7 nity infrastructure and resources described in 

8 subparagraph (B)(ii). 

9 ‘‘(e) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Secretary 

10 of each military department shall prepare military installa11 tion resilience plans under subsection (c) in consultation 

12 with the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security, act14 ing through the Administrator of the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency. 

16 ‘‘(2) The head of each State emergency man17 agement agency. 

18 ‘‘(3) Any other Federal or State department or 

19 agency the Secretary considers appropriate for the 

20 development of such a plan. 

21 ‘‘(f) CONSISTENCY AND INTEGRATION WITH OTHER

22 PLANS.—The Secretary of each military department shall 

23 ensure that each military installation resilience plan under 

24 subsection (c) is— 


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1 ‘‘(1) consistent with the integrated natural re2 source management plan of the Secretary required 

3 by section 101(a)(1)(B) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 

4 670a); 

5 ‘‘(2) consistent with and integrated into the in6 stallation energy resilience master plan of the Sec7 retary required by section 2911(b)(3) of this title; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(3) consistent with and integrated into the in10 stallation master plan of the Secretary required by 

11 section 2864 of this title. 

12 ‘‘(g) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS.—The Sec13 retary of each military department shall include in mili14 tary installation plans under subsection (c) projects or im15 provements to facilities conducted using amounts for 

16 sustainment, restoration, and modernization. 

17 ‘‘(h) REVIEWS AND REPORTS.—(1) On a regular 

18 basis, not less frequently than once every five years, the 

19 Secretary concerned shall review the military installation 

20 resilience plans prepared by the Secretary concerned 

21 under this section as to operation and effect, and in con22 ducting such review, shall consider changes, if any, to the 

23 risks and threats described in subsection (d)(1) to the re24 silience of the military installation concerned. 


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1 ‘‘(2)(A) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Sec2 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

3 committees a report on the extent to which the military 

4 installation resilience plans were prepared or implemented 

5 in accordance with this section during the year preceding 

6 the report. 

7 ‘‘(B) Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) 

8 shall include the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) The number of military installation resil10 ience plans in effect in the year covered by the re11 port, including the date on which each plan was 

12 issued in final form or most recently revised. 

13 ‘‘(ii) The amounts expended on mitigation 

14 measures conducted pursuant to or consistent with 

15 such plans in the year covered by the report. 

16 ‘‘(iii) An assessment of the extent to which such 

17 plans comply with this section. 

18 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘community infrastructure’ has 

20 the meaning given that term in section 2391(e)(4) 

21 of this title. 

22 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 

23 given that term in section 4 of the Indian Self-De24 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 

25 U.S.C. 5304).’’. 


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

2 at the beginning of chapter 169 of such title is amended 

3 by inserting after the item relating to section 2814 the 

4 following new item: 

‘‘2815. Military installation resilience plans.’’. 

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