[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4537. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 341. MITIGATION OF RISKS POSED BY ZIKA VIRUS.

       (a) Insect Repellant and Other Measures to Protect Service 
     Members From the Zika Virus.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, shall be made 
     available for the deployment of insect repellant and other 
     appropriate measures for members of the Armed Forces and 
     Department of Defense civilian personnel stationed in or 
     deployed to areas affected by the Zika virus, as well as the 
     treatment for insects at military installations located in 
     areas affected by the Zika virus inside and outside the 
     United States. The Department shall provide support as 
     appropriate to foreign governments to counter insects at 
     foreign military installations where members of the Armed 
     Forces and Department of Defense civilian personnel are 
     stationed in areas affected by the Zika virus.
       (b) Report on Efforts to Mitigate Risk to Service Members 
     Posed by the Zika Virus.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the risk members of the Armed Forces face of contracting 
     the Zika virus and the mitigation efforts being taken by the 
     Department of Defense in response. The report shall include a 
     strategy to counter the virus should it become a long-term 
     issue.
       (c) Areas Affected by the Zika Virus Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``areas affected by the Zika virus'' means 
     areas under a level 2 or level 3 travel advisory notice 
     issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     related to the Zika virus.
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