,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ag1      
#bjba,mr4 ,neguse introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to increase ,federal     
assistance available to ,state and local
 governments for maintaining and        
improving military resilience1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,local         
,resiliency ,act4  #b4 ,grants for      
maintaining or improving military       
installation resilience ,section #bcia  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b77#e71 by
 adding at the end the following new    
subparagraph3  7,d7 7i7 ,the ,secretary 
of ,defense may also make grants1       
conclude cooperative agreements1 and    
supplement other ,federal funds1 in     
order to assist a ,state or local       
government in planning and implementing 

measures and projects that1 as          
determined by the ,secretary of         
,defense1 will contribute to maintaining
 or improving military installation     
resilience4 ,amounts appropriated or    
otherwise made available for assistance 
under this subparagraph shall remain    
available until expended4  7ii7 ,in the 
case of funds provided under this       
subparagraph for projects involving the 
preservation1 maintenance1 or           
restoration of natural features for the 
purpose of maintaining or enhancing     
military installation resilience1 such  
funds may be provided in a lump sum and 
include an amount intended to cover the 
future costs of the natural resource    
maintenance and improvement activities  
required for the preservation1          
maintenance1 or restoration of such     
natural features1 and may be placed by  
the recipient in an interest-bearing or 
other investment account1 and any       
interest or income shall be applied for 
the same purposes as the principal4  2  

and  7#b7 in subsection 7e77#a71 by     
striking subsection 7b77#a77;,d7 and    
inserting paragraphs 7#a7 7,d7 and 7,e7 
and 7#e77;,d7 of subsection 7b7 and     
subsection 7d74