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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 5009 (EAH) — 118 HR 5009 EAH: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 2847

Sec. 2847. Stormwater management, shoreline erosion control, and water resilience projects for installations and defense access roads

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Section 2815a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by amending the section heading to read as follows: ; Stormwater management, shoreline erosion control, and water resilience projects for installations and defense access roads by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: The Secretary concerned may carry out one or more of the following projects on or related to a military installation: A stormwater management project for the purposes of— improving military installation resilience or the resilience of a defense access road or other essential civilian infrastructure supporting a military installation; and protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-stressed ecosystems. A shoreline erosion control project for the purpose of improving, protecting, or repairing shoreline to protect the infrastructure of a military installation or a defense access road. A project to provide water storage and filtration, flood mitigation, or otherwise support water resilience. ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking stormwater management ; by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and
(7)as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following: A military installation resilience project under section 2684a of this title. ; by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: In selecting projects to be carried out under this section, the Secretary concerned shall give a priority to a project proposal that— minimizes the runoff of untreated stormwater into freshwater systems or tidal systems; protects military installations and defense access roads from stormwater runoff and water levels resulting from extreme weather conditions; controls 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 condition; or supports water resilience at military installations. ; in subsection (d)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking stormwater management ; in paragraph (1), by striking and retention measures and inserting , retention, or filtration measures to address storm water management ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: The capture or storage of stormwater for use in supporting water resilience at a military installation. The use of sheet piles, riprap, armor stone, sea walls, natural plantings, or any other technologies created to address shoreline erosion control. ; in subsection (e)— by striking In the case of and inserting
(1)In the case of ; by striking stormwater management ; by striking section 2391(d), and inserting section 2391, 2684, ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall designate an official to be responsible for coordinating projects under this section among the military departments. ; in subsection (f)— by striking stormwater management each place it appears; and in paragraph (2)(B)— in clause (i), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new clauses: improve, protect, or repair shoreline to protect infrastructure of a military installation or a defense access road from shoreline erosion; or provide water storage and filtration, flood mitigation, or otherwise support water resilience. ; and in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following: The term water resilience means the capacity of a military installation to mitigate, respond, or adapt to changes in water availability due to manmade or natural phenomena. . Section 2815a(g)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking section 101(e)(8) and inserting section 101 .
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