,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bgff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bf1    
#bjah,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,moran1 and ,mr4 ,reed7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require       
congressional notification related to   
current and future planning and         
construction of federally funded        
military construction projects located  
within #ajj-year floodplains4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,our ,military          
,installations from ,recurrent ,floods  
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,flood risk         
disclosure for military construction    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,defense shall modify ,department of    
,defense ,form #acia to require1 with   
respect to any proposed major or minor  
military construction project requiring 
congressional notification or approval1 
disclosure whether a proposed project   

will be sited within or partially within
 a #ajj-year floodplain1 according to   
the most recent available ,federal      
,emergency ,management ,agency flood    
hazard data4  7b7 ,delineation of       
floodplain ,to the extent that ,federal 
,emergency ,management ,agency flood    
hazard data are not available for a     
proposed major or minor military        
construction site1 the ,secretary       
concerned shall establish a process for 
delineating the #ajj-year floodplain    
using risk analysis that is consistent  
with the standards used to inform       
,federal flood risk assessments4  7c7   
,reporting requirements ,for proposed   
projects that are to be sited within or 
partially within a #ajj-year floodplain1
 the ,secretary concerned shall submit  
to the congressional defense committees 
a report with the following3  7#a7 ,an  
assessment of flood vulnerability for   
the proposed project4  7#b7 ,any        
information concerning alternative      
construction sites that were considered1

 and an explanation of why those sites  
do not satisfy mission requirements4    
7#c7 ,a description of planned flood    
mitigation measures4  7d7 ,minimum flood
 mitigation requirements ,when          
mitigating the flood risk of a major or 
minor military construction project     
within or partially within the #ajj-year
 floodplain1 the ,secretary concerned   
shall require any mitigation plan to    
assume an additional--  7#a7 #b feet    
above the base flood elevation for      
non-mission critical buildings1 as      
determined by the ,secretary2 and  7#b7 
#c feet above the base flood elevation  
for mission-critical buildings1 as      
determined by the ,secretary4  7e7      
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 congressional defense committees and   
,secretary concerned have the meaning   
given the terms in section #aja7;a7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4