BASE Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-6922
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2020-05-19
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers

Congressional oversight

Licensing and registrations

Military facilities and property
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Base Applications Sped Expeditiously Protection Act or the BASE Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize the review of applications for alterations to flood control projects that will provide a military installation with new or enhanced resilience.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6922 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2020 Mr. Bacon (for himself and Mr. Garamendi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Corps of Engineers to expedite review of applications for certain flood control projects near military installations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Base Applications Sped Expeditiously Protection Act or the BASE Protection Act . 2. Expedited review for certain projects near military installations Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 ( 33 U.S.C. 408 ) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Expedited review (1) In general The Secretary shall prioritize, and expedite review of, any application by a non-Federal interest for permission to take action affecting public projects pursuant to subsection (a) that will provide a military installation (as defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code) with new or enhanced resilience. (2) Annual report Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this subsection, including specification of— (A) the number of applications described in paragraph (1) that are pending as of the date of the report; (B) the number of applications described in paragraph (1) that were received in the year covered by the report; and (C) for each application described in paragraph (1) with respect to which a decision was made in the year covered by the report, the length of time between the date on which the Secretary received the complete application and the date on which the Secretary made such decision. .