[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8205 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8205
To require certain reports relating to defense access roads, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2022
Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To require certain reports relating to defense access roads, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Access Roads Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS TO ADDRESS
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN VICINITY OF MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
Section 2816 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``this Act'' and
inserting ``the Defense Access Roads Improvement Act'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``this Act'' and
inserting ``the Defense Access Roads Improvement Act'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(d) Petition for Certification of Roads as Defense Access
Roads.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2023, the
Secretary of Defense shall establish a formal mechanism under
which--
``(A) 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
``(B) the Secretary shall respond, in writing, to
any such petition.
``(2) State defined.--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.
``(e) Public Availability of Information.--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:
``(1) 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.
``(2) The date on which the road was so certified.
``(3) 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.
``(4) Any fiscal year for which Congress appropriated an
amount for such road.
``(f) Treatment of Classified Information.--Nothing in subsection
(d) or (e) shall be construed as a requirement for the Secretary of
Defense to make publicly available any classified information.''.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS.
Section 2814(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417) is amended--
(1) by striking ``April 1, 2009'' and inserting ``one year
after the date of the enactment of the Defense Access Roads
Improvement Act''; and
(2) 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
Defense Roads Improvement Act''.
SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENT OF DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS PROGRAM.
Section 210 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ``or
military installations'' after
``reservations''; and
(ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or
commercial shipyards'' after ``sea ports'';
(B) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ``or
military installations'' after
``reservations''; and
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or
commercial shipyards'' after ``sea ports'';
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ``section 112'' and
inserting ``sections 112, 113, and 313'';
(3) in subsection (i), by inserting ``, or commercial
shipyard'' after ``sea port''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term
`military installation' has the meaning given that term in section 2801
of title 10, United States Code.''.
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