MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 322. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES. (a) Modification of Requirements.—Subsection (b) of section 2706 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(b) Report on Environmental Quality Programs and Other Environmental Activities.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each year, not later than 45 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year, a report on the progress made in carrying out activities under the environmental quality programs of the Department of Defense and the military departments. “(2) Each report shall include the following: “(A) A description of the environmental quality program of the Department of Defense, and of each of the military departments, during the period consisting of the four fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, and the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. “(B) For each of the major activities under the environmental quality programs: “(i) A specification of the amount expended, or proposed to be expended, in each fiscal year of the period covered by the report. “(ii) An explanation for any significant change in the aggregate amount to be expended in the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, and in the following fiscal year, when compared with the fiscal year preceding each such fiscal year. “(iii) An assessment of the manner in which the scope of the activities have changed over the course of the period covered by the report. “(C) A summary of the major achievements of the environmental quality programs and of any major problems with the programs. “(D) A list of the planned or ongoing projects necessary to support the environmental quality programs during the period covered by the report, the cost of which has exceeded or is anticipated to exceed $1,500,000. The list and accompanying material shall include the following: “(i) A separate listing of the projects inside the United States and of the projects outside the United States. “(ii) For each project commenced during the first four fiscal years of the period covered by the report (other than a project that was reported as fully executed in the report for a previous fiscal year), a description of— “(I) the amount specified in the initial budget request for the project;113 STAT. 561 “(II) the aggregate amount allocated to the project through the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the report is submitted; and “(III) the aggregate amount obligated for the project through that fiscal year. “(iii) For each project commenced or to be commenced in the fiscal year in which the report is submitted, a description of— “(I) the amount specified for the project in the budget for the fiscal year; and “(II) the amount allocated to the project in the fiscal year. “(iv) For each project to be commenced in the last fiscal year of the period, a description of the amount, if any, specified for the project in the budget for the fiscal year. “(v) If the anticipated aggregate cost of any project covered by the report will exceed by more than 25 percent the amount specified in the initial budget request for such project, a justification for that variance. “(E) A statement of the fines and penalties imposed or assessed against the Department of Defense and the military departments under Federal, State, or local environmental laws during the fiscal year in which the report is submitted and the four preceding fiscal years, which shall set forth the following: “(i) Each Federal environmental statute under which a fine or penalty was imposed or assessed during each such fiscal year. “(ii) With respect to each such Federal statute— “(I) the aggregate amount of fines and penalties imposed under the statute during each such fiscal year; “(II) the aggregate amount of fines and penalties paid under the statute during each such fiscal year; and “(III) the total amount required during such fiscal years for supplemental environmental projects in lieu of the payment of a fine or penalty under the statute and the extent to which the cost of such projects during such fiscal years has exceeded the original amount of the fine or penalty. “(iii) A trend analysis of fines and penalties imposed or assessed during each such fiscal year for military installations inside and outside the United States. “(F) A statement of the amounts expended, and anticipated to be expended, during the period covered by the report for any activities overseas relating to the environment, including amounts for activities relating to environmental remediation, compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, and environmental technology and amounts for conferences, meetings, and studies for pilot programs, and for travel related to such activities.”. (b) Conforming Repeal.—Such section is further amended by striking subsection (d). (c) Definitions.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:113 STAT. 562 “(4) The term ‘environmental quality program’ means a program of activities relating to environmental compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, and such other activities relating to environmental quality as the Secretary concerned may designate for purposes of the program. “(5) The term ‘major activities’, with respect to an environmental quality program, means the following activities under the program: “(A) Environmental compliance activities. “(B) Conservation activities. “(C) Pollution prevention activities.”.