[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1618. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1618

       In the appropriate place please insert the following:
       SENSE OF SENATE.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the accidental transfer of live Bacillus anthracis. 
     also known as anthrax, from an Army laboratory to more than 
     28 laboratories located in at least 12 states and three 
     countries discovered in May 2015 represents a serious safety 
     lapse;
       (2) the Department of Defense, in cooperation with the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, should continue to investigate the 
     cause of this lapse and determine if protective protocols 
     should be strengthened;
       (3) the Department of Defense should reassess standards on 
     a regular basis to ensure they are current and effective to 
     prevent a reoccurrence; and
       (4) the Department of Defense should keep Congress apprised 
     of the investigation, any potential public health or safety 
     risk, remedial actions taken and plans to regularly reassess 
     standards.
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