I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 664 
To require certain reports relating to defense access roads, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2023 
Mr. GARAMENDI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, 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 require certain reports relating to defense access roads, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Access Roads 
Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD PROGRAM ENHANCE-
MENTS TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION IN-
FRASTRUCTURE IN VICINITY OF MILITARY 
INSTALLATIONS. 
Section 2816 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Defense Access Roads 
Improvement Act’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Defense Access Roads 
Improvement Act’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION OF ROADS AS 
DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 
2024, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a for-
mal mechanism under which— 
‘‘(A) a State, county, or municipality may 
petition the Secretary to certify roads as de-
fense access roads under section 210 of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
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‘‘(B) the Secretary shall respond, in writ-
ing, to any such petition. 
‘‘(2) STATE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘State’ means any of the several States, the 
District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United 
States Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall maintain and update regularly 
on an appropriate website of the Federal Government, a 
list of all roads certified as important to the national de-
fense by the Secretary or by such other official as the 
President may designate. Such website shall include, for 
each such road, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The military installation (as such term is 
defined in section 2687(g)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code) that is in closest proximity to the road. 
‘‘(2) The date on which the road was so cer-
tified. 
‘‘(3) Any fiscal year for which the President 
transmitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, a budget request that in-
cluded an amount for such road. 
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‘‘(4) Any fiscal year for which Congress appro-
priated an amount for such road. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 
Nothing in subsection (d) or (e) shall be construed as a 
requirement for the Secretary of Defense to make publicly 
available any classified information.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS. 
Section 2814(b) of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘one year after the date of the enactment of the De-
fense Access Roads Improvement Act’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘and name any road that the commander 
of a military installation (as such term is defined in 
section 2687(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code) 
or the Secretary of a military department has rec-
ommended that the Secretary of Defense certify as 
a defense access road during the period beginning on 
April 1, 2009, and ending on the date of the enact-
ment of the Defense Roads Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENT OF DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 210 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or mili-
tary installations’’ after ‘‘reservations’’; 
and 
(ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or 
commercial shipyards’’ after ‘‘sea ports’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or mili-
tary installations’’ after ‘‘reservations’’; 
and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or 
commercial shipyards’’ after ‘‘sea ports’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section 112’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sections 112, 113, and 313’’; 
(3) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘, or commer-
cial shipyard’’ after ‘‘sea port’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) MILITARY INSTALLATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘military installation’ has the meaning 
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given that term in section 2801 of title 10, United States 
Code.’’. 
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