National Defense Authorization Act 2002 - excerpt
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(a) EVALUATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY IMPACTS REQUIRED- (1) Chapter 160 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2710, as added by section 311, the following new section:
`Sec. 2711. Environmental impact statements and environmental assessments: evaluation of national security impacts of proposed action and alternatives
`(a) AGENCY ACTION- Whenever an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment is required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) to be prepared in connection with a proposed Department of Defense action, the Secretary of Defense shall include as a part of the environmental impact statement or environmental assessment a detailed evaluation of the impact of the proposed action, and each alternative to the proposed action considered in the statement or assessment, on national security, including the readiness, training, testing, and operations of the armed forces.
`(b) AGENCY INPUT- The Secretary of Defense shall also include the evaluation required by subsection (a) in any input provided by the Department of Defense as a cooperating agency to a lead agency preparing an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment.'.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
`2711. Environmental impact statements and environmental assessments: evaluation of national security impacts of proposed action and alternatives.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- Section 2711 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to any environmental impact statement or environmental assessment prepared by the Secretary of Defense that has not been released in final form as of that date.
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