,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjai,mr4  
,cunningham introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
improve defense access road resilience1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,defense ,access ,road ,enhancement     
,act4  #b4 ,technical corrections and   
improvements to defense access road     
resilience ,section #baj of title #bc1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by striking     
7a77#a7 ,the ,secretary and all that    
follows through the end of paragraph    
7#a7 and inserting the following3  7a7  
,authorization  7#a7 ,in general ,when  
defense access roads are certified to   
the ,secretary as important to the      
national defense by the ,secretary of   
,defense or such other official as the  

,president may designate1 the ,secretary
 is authorized1 out of the funds        
appropriated for defense access roads1  
to provide for--  7,a7 the construction 
and maintenance of defense access roads 
7including bridges1 tubes1 tunnels1 and 
culverts or other hydraulic             
appurtenances on those roads7 to--  7i7 
military reservations2  7ii7 defense    
industry sites2  7iii7 air or sea ports 
that are necessary for or are planned to
 be used for the deployment or          
sustainment of members of the ,armed    
,forces1 equipment1 or supplies2 or     
7iv7 sources of raw materials2  7,b7 the
 reconstruction or enhancement of1 or   
improvements to1 those roads to ensure  
the continued effective use of the      
roads1 regardless of current or         
projected increases in mean tides1      
recurrent flooding1 or other            
weather-related conditions or natural   
disasters2 and  7,c7 replacing existing 
highways and highway connections that   
are shut off from general public use by 

necessary closures1 closures due to mean
 sea level fluctuation and flooding1 or 
restrictions at--  7i7 military         
reservations2  7ii7 air or sea ports    
that are necessary for or are planned to
 be used for the deployment or          
sustainment of members of the ,armed    
,forces1 equipment1 or supplies2 or     
7iii7 defense industry sites4  2  7#b7  
in subsection 7b71 by striking the      
construction and maintenance of and     
inserting construction1 reconstruction1 
resurfacing1 restoration1               
rehabilitation1 and preservation of1 or 
enhancements to12  7#c7 in subsection   
7c7-- 7,a7 by striking him and inserting
 the ,secretary2  7,b7 by striking      
construction1 maintenance1 and repair   
work and inserting activities for       
construction1 maintenance1              
reconstruction1 enhancement1            
improvement1 and repair2  7,c7 by       
striking therein and inserting in those 
areas2 and  7,d7 by striking condition  
for such training purposes and for      

repairing the damage caused to such     
highways by the operations of men and   
equipment in such training4 and         
inserting the following3  condition     
for-- 7#a7 that training2 and  7#b7     
repairing the damage to those highways  
caused by--  7,a7 weather-related       
events1 increases in mean high tide     
levels1 recurrent flooding1 or natural  
disasters2 or  7,b7 the operations of   
men and equipment in such training4  2  
7#d7 in subsection 7g7--  7,a7 by       
striking he and inserting the           
,secretary2  7,b7 by striking           
construction which has been and         
inserting construction and other        
activities2 and  7,c7 by striking upon  
his demand and inserting upon demand by 
the ,secretary2 and  7#e7 by striking   
subsection 7i7 and inserting the        
following3  7i7 ,repair of certain      
damages and infrastructure ,the funds   
appropriated to carry out this section  
may be used to pay the cost of repairing
 damage caused1 or any infrastructure to

 mitigate a risk posed1 to a defense    
access road by recurrent or projected   
recurrent flooding1 sea level           
fluctuation1 a natural disaster1 or any 
other current or projected change in    
applicable environmental conditions1 if 
the ,secretary determines that continued
 access to a military installation1     
defense industry site1 air or sea port  
necessary for or planned to be used for 
the deployment or sustainment of members
 of the ,armed ,forces1 equipment1 or   
supplies1 or to a source of raw         
materials1 has been or is projected to  
be impacted by those events or          
conditions4  4