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To identify certain roads in the vicinity of Beale Air Force Base, Travis Air Force Base, and Sierra Army Depot, California, as defense access roads for purposes of the defense access roads project under title 10, United States Code.

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What This Bill Does

This bill asks the Secretary of Defense to certify that certain roads near three California military bases are important for national defense. Once certified, these roads can be included in a federal defense access roads project that helps maintain roads critical to military operations.

Who It Affects

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation are the primary federal officials affected. The roads near Beale Air Force Base, Travis Air Force Base, and Sierra Army Depot in California are also affected.

Key Provisions

• The Secretary of Defense must submit a certification to the Secretary of Transportation stating that specific roads near the three military bases are important to national defense (Sec. 1(a)) • The certification applies to four roads near Beale Air Force Base: Chuck Yeager Road, North Beale Road, Spenceville Road (also called Camp Beale Highway), and South Beale Road (Sec. 1(b)(1)) • The certification applies to six roads near Travis Air Force Base: Air Base Parkway, Canon Road, Gate Road (including North Gate Road), Petersen Road, Vanden Road, and Creed Road (Sec. 1(b)(2)) • The certification applies to two roads near Sierra Army Depot: Lassen County Route A25 and Lassen County Route A26 (Sec. 1(b)(3))

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, the listed roads become officially recognized as important for national defense and become eligible for funding and maintenance under the federal defense access roads project.

Important Definitions

Not specified in bill text

Effective Date

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I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2554 To identify certain roads in the vicinity of Beale Air Force Base, Travis Air Force Base, and Sierra Army Depot, California, as defense access roads for purposes of the defense access roads project under title 10, United States Code. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 10, 2023 Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To identify certain roads in the vicinity of Beale Air Force Base, Travis Air Force Base, and Sierra Army Depot, California, as defense access roads for purposes of the defense access roads project under title 10, United States Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:38 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2554.IH H2554 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2554 IH SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN ROADS IN VICIN- 1 ITY OF BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, TRAVIS AIR 2 FORCE BASE, AND SIERRA ARMY DEPOT, 3 CALIFORNIA AS DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS. 4 (a) CERTIFICATION.—For purposes of the defense ac- 5 cess roads project under section 210 of title 23, United 6 States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 7 Secretary of Transportation a certification stating that the 8 roads specified in subsection (b) are important to the na- 9 tional defense pursuant to such section. 10 (b) ROADS SPECIFIED.—Such certification shall 11 apply to the following roads in the vicinity of Beale Air 12 Force Base, California, Travis Air Force Base, California, 13 or Sierra Army Depot, California: 14 (1) With respect to Beale Air Force Base, Cali- 15 fornia: 16 (A) Chuck Yeager Road. 17 (B) North Beale Road. 18 (C) Spenceville Road, also known as Camp 19 Beale Highway. 20 (D) South Beale Road. 21 (2) With respect to Travis Air Force Base, 22 California: 23 (A) Air Base Parkway. 24 (B) Canon Road. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:38 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2554.IH H2554 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2554 IH (C) Gate Road, including North Gate 1 Road. 2 (D) Petersen Road. 3 (E) Vanden Road. 4 (F) Creed Road. 5 (3) With respect to Sierra Army Depot, Cali- 6 fornia: 7 (A) Lassen County Route A25. 8 (B) Lassen County Route A26. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:38 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2554.IH H2554 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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