,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ca1 #bjbc  
,mr4 ,garamendi introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on           
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require certain reports relating to     
defense access roads1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,defense ,access    
,roads ,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,defense 
access road program enhancements to     
address transportation infrastructure in
 vicinity of military installations     
,section #bhaf of the ,national ,defense
 ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year  
#bjab 7,public ,law #aab-ha7 is         
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7

 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking this    
,act and inserting the ,defense ,access 
,roads ,improvement ,act2 and  7,b7 in  
paragraph 7#b71 by striking this ,act   
and inserting the ,defense ,access      
,roads ,improvement ,act2 and  7#b7 by  
adding at the end the following new     
subsections3  7d7 ,petition for         
certification of roads as defense access
 roads  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than
 ,october #a1 #bjbd1 the ,secretary of  
,defense shall establish a formal       
mechanism under which-- 7,a7 a ,state1  
county1 or municipality may petition the
 ,secretary to certify roads as defense 
access roads under section #baj of title
 #bc1 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7  
the ,secretary shall respond1 in        
writing1 to any such petition4  7#b7    
,state defined ,in this subsection1 the 
term ,state means any of the several    
,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1    
,american ,samoa1 ,guam1 the            
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto  

,rico1 and the ,united ,states ,virgin  
,islands4  7e7 ,public availability of  
information ,the ,secretary of ,defense 
shall maintain and update regularly on  
an appropriate website of the ,federal  
,government1 a list of all roads        
certified as important to the national  
defense by the ,secretary or by such    
other official as the ,president may    
designate4 ,such website shall include1 
for each such road1 each of the         
following3 7#a7 ,the military           
installation 7as such term is defined in
 section #bfhg7;g77#a7 of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code7 that is in       
closest proximity to the road4  7#b7    
,the date on which the road was so      
certified4  7#c7 ,any fiscal year for   
which the ,president transmitted to     
,congress under section #aaje of title  
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 a budget    
request that included an amount for such
 road4  7#d7 ,any fiscal year for which 
,congress appropriated an amount for    
such road4  7f7 ,treatment of classified

 information ,nothing in subsection 7d7 
or 7e7 shall be construed as a          
requirement for the ,secretary of       
,defense to make publicly available any 
classified information4  4  #c4 ,report 
on defense access roads ,section        
#bhad7;b7 of the ,duncan ,hunter        
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjji 7,public ,law   
#aaj-dag7 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking 
,april #a1 #bjji and inserting one year 
after the date of the enactment of the  
,defense ,access ,roads ,improvement    
,act2 and  7#b7 by inserting before the 
period at the end the following3 and    
name any road that the commander of a   
military installation 7as such term is  
defined in section #bfhg7;g77#a7 of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 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 #a1 #bjji1 and ending on the date
 of the enactment of the ,defense ,roads

 ,improvement ,act4  #d4 ,improvement of
 defense access roads program ,section  
#baj of title #bc1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7a77#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a7--   
7i7 in clause 7i71 by inserting or      
military installations after            
reservations2 and  7ii7 in clause 7iii71
 by inserting or commercial shipyards   
after sea ports2  7,b7 in subparagraph  
7,c7-- 7i7 in clause 7i71 by inserting  
or military installations after         
reservations2 and  7ii7 in clause 7ii71 
by inserting or commercial shipyards    
after sea ports2  7#b7 in subsection    
7f71 by striking section #aab and       
inserting sections #aab1 #aac1 and #cac2
  7#c7 in subsection 7i71 by inserting 1
 or commercial shipyard after sea port2 
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following new subsection3  7j7 ,military
 installation defined ,in this section1 
the term military installation has the  
meaning given that term in section #bhja
 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  4