Sec. 2841. Defense community infrastructure program

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Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsections

(d)and

(e)as subsections

(e)and (f); and by inserting after subsection

(c)the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense may make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement funds available under Federal programs administered by agencies other than the Department of Defense to assist States and units of local government in addressing deficiencies in community infrastructure projects or facilities which are located outside of military installations but which support military installations, and which are owned by the State or unit of local government, if the Secretary determines that such assistance will enhance the military value, resiliency, or military family quality of life at such military installation. The Secretary shall establish criteria for the eligibility and selection of States and units of local government to receive assistance under this subsection. Such criteria shall include a requirement that the State or unit of local government agrees to contribute not less than 20 percent of the funding required to address the deficiencies in the community infrastructure project or facility involved, except that the Secretary may waive such requirement in the case of a community infrastructure project or facility which is located in a rural area. Prior to providing any assistance to a State or unit of local government with respect to a community infrastructure project or facility under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide a notification to the appropriate committees of Congress of the intent to provide the assistance, and shall include in the notification a comprehensive description of how the assistance will address deficiencies in the project or facility, a certification of military need, and (if applicable) a certification that the State or unit of local government has agreed to contribute funding for the infrastructure as required under paragraph (2). The Secretary may then obligate funds for such assistance only after the end of the 14-day period beginning on the date on which the notification is received by the committees in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title. . Section 2391(e) of such title, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term community infrastructure project or facility means any of the following: A transportation project. A school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, or other community support facility. A water, waste-water, telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility infrastructure project. .