[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4539]
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  SA 579. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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. __. ANNUAL REPORT ON NAVY ACTIVITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE 
                   REGIONAL BIOSECURITY PLAN FOR MICRONESIA AND 
                   HAWAII.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--The Secretary of the Navy 
     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives each year, at the 
     time the budget of the President for the fiscal year 
     beginning in such year is submitted to Congress under section 
     1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a report on the 
     activities of the Department of the Navy to implement the 
     Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii (RBP).
       (b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of Department of the Navy activities to 
     implement the Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and 
     Hawaii during the previous fiscal year.
       (2) A description of the activities planned to be 
     undertaken by the Department during the fiscal year beginning 
     in the year of such report to implement the Regional 
     Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii, including the 
     funding required during such fiscal year for such activities.
       (c) Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii 
     Defined.--In this section, the term ``Regional Biosecurity 
     Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii'' means the strategic plan 
     developed jointly by the Department of Navy and other Federal 
     and non-Federal entities to prevent the introduction of 
     invasive species to the United States Pacific region and to 
     control such species in that region.
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