,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fibb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjbj,mr4  
,bacon 7for himself and ,mr4 ,garamendi7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,corps of       
,engineers to expedite review of        
applications for certain flood control  
projects near military installations1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,base ,applications ,sped ,expeditiously
 ,protection ,act or the ,,base         
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,expedited review
 for certain projects near military     
installations ,section #ad of the ,act  
of ,march #c1 #ahii 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #djh7
 is amended by redesignating subsection 
7d7 as subsection 7e7 and inserting     
after subsection 7c7 the following3  7d7
 ,expedited review  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary shall prioritize1 and   
expedite review of1 any application by a

 non-,federal interest for permission to
 take action affecting public projects  
pursuant to subsection 7a7 that will    
provide a military installation 7as     
defined in section #bhja of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code7 with new or      
enhanced resilience4  7#b7 ,annual      
report ,not later than one year after   
the date of enactment of this           
subsection1 and annually thereafter1 the
 ,secretary shall submit to ,congress a 
report on the implementation of this    
subsection1 including specification of--
 7,a7 the number of applications        
described in paragraph 7#a7 that are    
pending as of the date of the report2   
7,b7 the number of applications         
described in paragraph 7#a7 that were   
received in the year covered by the     
report2 and  7,c7 for each application  
described in paragraph 7#a7 with respect
 to which a decision was made in the    
year covered by the report1 the length  
of time between the date on which the   
,secretary received the complete        

application and the date on which the   
,secretary made such decision4  4