Military Installation Resilience Assuredness Act

Bill: 116-hr-3041
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2019-05-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality

Atmospheric science and weather

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Congressional oversight

Emergency planning and evacuation

Fires

Floods and storm protection

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Military facilities and property

Military readiness

Natural disasters

Public-private cooperation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Military Installation Resilience Assuredness Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires commanders of major military installations to address installation resilience in master plans. A master plan shall address the following:</p> <ul> <li>risks and threats, which include disaster-related and environmental conditions;</li> <li>assets or infrastructure located on the military installation vulnerable to the risks and threats;</li> <li>lessons learned from the impacts of extreme weather events;</li> <li> measures to mitigate the impacts of risks and threats;</li> <li>community infrastructure and resources located outside the installation;</li> <li>agreements with other entities to maintain or enhance military installation or community infrastructure resilience; and</li> <li>projections from recognized governmental and scientific entities regarding future risks and threats to the resilience of a project considered in the plan during a 50-year installation lifespan.</li> </ul> <p>The bill includes, as major installations, medium sites (as defined in the most recent version of the Department of Defense Base Structure Report issued before the time interval prescribed for development of master plans arises).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3041 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 30, 2019 Mr. Crow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the inclusion of information regarding military installation resilience in master plans for major military installations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Installation Resilience Assuredness Act . 2. Inclusion of information regarding military installation resilience in master plans for major military installations (a) Military installation resilience Section 2864 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting military installation resilience, after master planning, ; (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: (c) Military installation resilience component To address military installation resilience under subsection (a)(1), each installation master plan shall discuss the following: (1) Risks and threats to military installation resilience that exist at the time of the development of the plan and that are projected for the future, including from extreme weather events, mean sea level fluctuation, wildfires, flooding, and other changes in environmental conditions. (2) Assets or infrastructure located on the military installation vulnerable to the risks and threats described in paragraph (1), with a special emphasis on assets or infrastructure critical to the mission of the installation and the mission of members of the armed forces. (3) Lessons learned from the impacts of extreme weather events, including changes made to the military installation to address such impacts, since the prior master plan developed under this section. (4) Ongoing or planned infrastructure projects or other measures, as of the time of the development of the plan, to mitigate the impacts of the risks and threats described in paragraph (1). (5) Community infrastructure and resources located outside the installation (such as medical facilities, transportation systems, and energy infrastructure) that are— (A) necessary to maintain mission capability or that impact the resilience of the military installation; and (B) vulnerable to the risks and threats described in paragraph (1). (6) Agreements in effect or planned, as of the time of the development of the plan, with public or private entities for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing military installation resilience or resilience of the community infrastructure and resources described in paragraph (5). (7) Projections from recognized governmental and scientific entities such as the Census Bureau, the National Academies of Sciences, the United States Geological Survey, and the United States Global Change Research Office (or any similar successor entities) with respect to future risks and threats (including the risks and threats described in paragraph (1)) to the resilience of any project considered in the installation master plan during the 50-year lifespan of the installation. . (b) Report on master plans Section 2864 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (c), as added by subsection (a), the following new subsection: (d) Report Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report listing all master plans completed pursuant to this section in the prior calendar year. . (c) Definition of major military installation Section 2864(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking has the meaning given to the term large site and inserting means a large site or medium site as such terms are described .