Defense Environmental Activities Act

Defense Environmental Activities Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for the armed forces and other agencies and activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) for environmental restoration, defense. Earmarks a specified amount of FY 1992 DOD appropriations for other environmental activities.

Requires information pertaining to amounts obligated in the past fiscal year and estimated to be allocated for the current fiscal year for DOD compliance with applicable environmental law and for certain DOD waste minimization programs to be included in an annual report of the Secretary of Defense on DOD environmental restoration.

 
HR 1970 IH
102d CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 1970
To authorize funding for environmental activities of the Department of Defense
and to require additional information to be included in the Department's
annual environmental report.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 22, 1991
Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize funding for environmental activities of the Department of Defense
and to require additional information to be included in the Department's
annual environmental report.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  This Act may be cited as the `Defense Environmental Activities Act'.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
  (a) AUTHORIZATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION- Funds are hereby authorized
  to be appropriated for fiscal year 1992 for the use of the Armed Forces and
  other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses,
  not otherwise provided for, for environmental restoration, defense, in
  the amount of $1,500,000,000.
  (b) FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES- (1) Of the funds
  appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1992, at least
  $1,600,000,000 shall be obligated or expended for environmental activities.
  (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `environmental activities'
  means activities (other than environmental restoration) carried out by the
  Department of Defense for purposes of (A) complying with any applicable
  Federal, State, or local environmental protection law, or (B) protecting
  the environment. At a minimum, the term includes all activities for which
  funding level requirements are identified in the report submitted under
  section 2706(b)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT.
  Section 2706(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
  the end the following new subparagraphs:
  `(H) A statement of the amounts obligated in the most recently completed
  fiscal year, and estimated to be allocated in the current fiscal year,
  for Department of Defense compliance with applicable environmental laws,
  set forth separately for the Department of Defense as a whole and for each
  military installation.
  `(I) A statement of the amounts obligated in the most recently completed
  fiscal year, and estimated to be allocated in the current fiscal year, for
  the waste minimization programs established pursuant to section 354 of the
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public
  Law 101-189; 103 Stat. 1424), set forth separately for the Department of
  Defense as a whole and for each military installation.'.