Sec. 2823. Defense access road program enhancements to address transportation infrastructure in vicinity of military installations

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Section 2816 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( Public Law 112–81 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking this Act and inserting the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ; and in paragraph (2), by striking this Act and inserting the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections: Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a formal mechanism under which— a State, county, or municipality may petition the Secretary to certify roads as defense access roads under section 210 of title 23, United States Code; and the Secretary shall respond, in writing, to any such petition by not later than 90 days after receiving the petition.

In this subsection, the term State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The Secretary of Defense shall maintain and update regularly on an appropriate website of the Federal Government, a list of all roads certified as important to the national defense by the Secretary or by such other official as the President may designate.

Such website shall include, for each such road, each of the following: The military installation (as such term is defined in section 2687(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code) that is in closest proximity to the road. The date on which the road was so certified. Any fiscal year for which the President transmitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a budget request that included an amount for such road. Any fiscal year for which Congress appropriated an amount for such road.

Nothing in subsection

(d)or

(e)shall be construed as a requirement for the Secretary of Defense to make publicly available any classified information. . Section 2814(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 ( Public Law 110–417 ) is amended— by striking April 1, 2009 and inserting one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ; and by inserting before the period at the end the following: and name any road that the commander of a military installation (as such term is defined in section 2687(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code) or the Secretary of a military department has recommended that the Secretary of Defense certify as a defense access road during the period beginning on April 1, 2009, and ending on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 . Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the results of a study on the advisability of designating each of the roads identified under paragraph

(2)as defense access roads for purposes of section 210 of title 23, United States Code. The roads identified under this subsection are each of the following: For Beale Air Force Base, California: Chuck Yeager Road. North Beale Road. Spenceville Road, also known as Camp Beale Highway. South Beale Road. For Travis Air Force Base, California: Air Base Parkway. Canon Road. Gate Road, including North Gate Road. Petersen Road. Vanden Road.

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Sec. 2823

Defense access road program enhancements to address transportation infrastructure in vicinity of military installations

Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-81

Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-417

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