[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4601. 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 the 
     Department of Defense 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. Using existing 
     authorities to work with foreign governments that host United 
     States military and civilian personnel, the Department shall 
     provide support as appropriate to those 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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