II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4704 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11 (legislative day, July 10), 2024 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize shoreline erosion control projects to protect the infrastructure of military installations from shoreline erosion.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Installation Shoreline Protection Act . 2. Authority for shoreline erosion control projects to protect military installation infrastructure (a) In general Section 2815a of title 10, United States Code is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking management and inserting management and shoreline erosion control ; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking carry out a stormwater management project on or related to a military installation for the purposes of and inserting , on or related to a military installation, carry out ; and (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: (1) a stormwater management project for the purposes of— (A) improving military installation resilience or the resilience of a defense access road or other essential civilian infrastructure supporting the military installation; and (B) protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-stressed ecosystems; or (2) a shoreline erosion control project for the purpose of improving, protecting, or repairing shoreline to protect the infrastructure of a military installation from shoreline erosion. ; (3) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking management and inserting management or shoreline erosion control ; (4) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking stormwater management ; (B) by striking proposals involving and inserting “proposals— (1) for stormwater management that involve ; (C) by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) for shoreline erosion control that involve the improvement, protection, or repair of shoreline subject to wave action or stormwater runoff and water levels resulting from extreme weather conditions. ; (5) in subsection (d)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking stormwater management ; (B) in paragraph (1), by striking measures and inserting measures to address storm water management ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) The use of sheet piles, riprap, armor stone, sea walls, natural plantings, or any future technologies created to address shoreline erosion control. ; and (6) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking stormwater management each place it appears; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B)— (i) in clause (i), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) improve, protect, or repair shoreline to protect infrastructure of a military installation from shoreline erosion. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 169 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2815a and inserting the following new item: 2815a. Stormwater management and shoreline erosion control projects for installation and defense access road resilience and waterway and ecosystem conservation.