Title: READINESS Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Requiring Every American Defense Installation to Nullify Environmental Stresses for Security Act of 2019 or the READINESS Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Defense to ensure the readiness of the Armed Forces through a program of military installation resilience plans. These plans, which may include state-owned National Guard facilities, shall contain the following elements, as appropriate:

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1156 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Requiring Every American Defense 
Installation to Nullify Environmental Stresses for Security Act of 
2019'' or the ``READINESS Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION 
              RESILIENCE PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2815. Military installation resilience plans
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the 
maintenance and enhancement of military installation resilience through 
the development of military installation resilience plans under this 
section.
    ``(b) Program.--Consistent with the use of military installations 
and State-owned installations of the National Guard to ensure the 
readiness of the armed forces, the Secretary of each military 
department shall carry out a program to provide for--
            ``(1) the maintenance and enhancement of military 
        installation resilience on such installations; and
            ``(2) the integration, to the extent consistent with 
        requirements of the armed forces and the authority of the 
        Secretary concerned, of military installation resilience plans 
        developed under subsection (c) and supporting activities with 
        the pre-disaster mitigation and other relevant plans and 
        activities of the Army Corps of Engineers, other Federal 
        agencies, Indian tribes, and State and local agencies or 
        entities.
    ``(c) Military Installation Resilience Plans.--In carrying out the 
program under subsection (b), the Secretary of each military 
department--
            ``(1) shall develop and implement a military installation 
        resilience plan for each military installation under the 
        jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned; and
            ``(2) subject to the availability of appropriations, may 
        develop and implement a military installation resilience plan 
        for a State-owned installation of the National Guard if--
                    ``(A) such a plan is developed and implemented in 
                coordination with the chief executive officer of the 
                State in which the installation is located; and
                    ``(B) such a plan is deemed, for purposes of any 
                other provision of law, to be for lands or other 
                geographical areas owned or controlled by the 
                Department of Defense, or designated for use by the 
                Department of Defense.
    ``(d) Required Elements of Plans.--Each military installation 
resilience plan under subsection (c) shall, to the extent appropriate 
and applicable, provide for the following:
            ``(1) A qualitative and, to the extent practicable, 
        quantitative assessment of--
                    ``(A) current risks and threats to the resilience 
                of the military installation, including from extreme 
                weather events, mean sea level fluctuation, wildfires, 
                flooding, and other changes in environmental 
                conditions; and
                    ``(B) future risks and threats, including from 
                extreme weather events, mean sea level fluctuation, 
                wildfires, flooding, and other changes in environmental 
                conditions, based on projections from reliable and 
                authorized sources as described in section 2805(c) of 
                the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. 
                2864 note), to the resilience of any project considered 
                in the master plan for the installation under section 
                2864 of this title during the 50-year lifespan of the 
                installation.
            ``(2) A description of the--
                    ``(A) assets or infrastructure located on the 
                installation vulnerable to the risks and threats 
                described in paragraph (1), with special emphasis on 
                assets or infrastructure critical to the accomplishment 
                of the missions of the installation and missions of any 
                members of the armed forces stationed at the 
                installation; and
                    ``(B) community infrastructure and resources 
                located outside the military installation that are--
                            ``(i) critical to the accomplishment of the 
                        missions of the military installation and of 
                        members of the armed forces stationed at the 
                        installation; and
                            ``(ii) vulnerable to the risks and threats 
                        described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) A description of the--
                    ``(A) current or planned infrastructure projects or 
                other measures to mitigate the impacts of risks and 
                threats described in paragraph (1) to the resilience of 
                the military installation and the accomplishment of the 
                missions of the military installation and missions of 
                members of the armed forces stationed at the 
                installation;
                    ``(B) estimated costs associated with such current 
                or planned infrastructure projects or other mitigation 
                measures; and
                    ``(C) current or planned interagency agreements, 
                cooperative agreements, memoranda of agreement, or 
                other agreements with other Federal agencies, Indian 
                tribes, State or local governments or entities, or 
                other organizations or individuals for the purpose of 
                or that will assist in maintaining or enhancing 
                military installation resilience and the resilience of 
                the community infrastructure and resources described in 
                subparagraph (B)(ii).
    ``(e) Interagency Coordination.--The Secretary of each military 
department shall prepare military installation resilience plans under 
subsection (c) in consultation with the following:
            ``(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
        the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
            ``(2) The head of each State emergency management agency.
            ``(3) Any other Federal or State department or agency the 
        Secretary considers appropriate for the development of such a 
        plan.
    ``(f) Consistency and Integration With Other Plans.--The Secretary 
of each military department shall ensure that each military 
installation resilience plan under subsection (c) is--
            ``(1) consistent with the integrated natural resource 
        management plan of the Secretary required by section 
        101(a)(1)(B) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a);
            ``(2) consistent with and integrated into the installation 
        energy resilience master plan of the Secretary required by 
        section 2911(b)(3) of this title; and
            ``(3) consistent with and integrated into the installation 
        master plan of the Secretary required by section 2864 of this 
        title.
    ``(g) Inclusion of Certain Projects.--The Secretary of each 
military department shall include in military installation plans under 
subsection (c) projects or improvements to facilities conducted using 
amounts for sustainment, restoration, and modernization.
    ``(h) Reviews and Reports.--(1) On a regular basis, not less 
frequently than once every five years, the Secretary concerned shall 
review the military installation resilience plans prepared by the 
Secretary concerned under this section as to operation and effect, and 
in conducting such review, shall consider changes, if any, to the risks 
and threats described in subsection (d)(1) to the resilience of the 
military installation concerned.
    ``(2)(A) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the extent to which the military installation resilience plans were 
prepared or implemented in accordance with this section during the year 
preceding the report.
    ``(B) Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include 
the following:
            ``(i) The number of military installation resilience plans 
        in effect in the year covered by the report, including the date 
        on which each plan was issued in final form or most recently 
        revised.
            ``(ii) The amounts expended on mitigation measures 
        conducted pursuant to or consistent with such plans in the year 
        covered by the report.
            ``(iii) An assessment of the extent to which such plans 
        comply with this section.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `community infrastructure' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 2391(e)(4) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 169 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 2814 the following new item:

``2815. Military installation resilience plans.''.
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