PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR IMPACTED COMMUNITIES

SEC. 2805. PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR IMPACTED COMMUNITIES (a) Modification of Authority.—Paragraph (1) of section 2391(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(1) The Secretary of Defense may make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement funds available under Federal programs administered by agencies other than the Department of Defense in order to assist State and local governments in planning community adjustments and economic diversification required (A) by the proposed or actual establishment, realignment, or closure of a military installation, (B) by the cancellation or termination of a Department of Defense contract or the failure to proceed with an approved major weapon system program, (C) by a publicly-announced planned major reduction in Department of Defense spending that would directly and adversely affect a community, or (D) by the encroachment of a civilian community on a military installation, if the Secretary determines that an action described in clause (A), (B), or (C) is likely to have a direct and significantly adverse consequence on the affected community or, in the case of an action described in clause (D), if the Secretary determines that the encroachment of the civilian community is likely to impair the continued operational utility of the military installation.”. (b) Condition on Assistance.—Section 2391(b) of such title is further amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: “(4) In the case of a publicly-announced planned major reduction in Department of Defense spending that will directly and adversely affect a community, assistance may be made under paragraph (1) only if the publicly-announced planned major reduction will result in the loss of 1,000 or more full-time Department of Defense and contractor employee positions over a five-year period in the locality of the affected community.”.