[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 680. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON THE NEED FOR A JOINT CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL 
                   DEFENSE LOGISTICS CENTER.

       Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     that includes the following:
       (1) A description of the operational need and requirement 
     for a consolidated Joint Chemical-Biological Defense 
     Logistics Center.
       (2) Identification of the specific operational requirements 
     for rapid deployment of chemical and biological defense 
     assets and the sustainment requirements for maintenance, 
     storage, inspection, and distribution of specialized 
     chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear equipment at 
     the Joint Chemical-Biological Defense Logistics Center.
       (3) A definition of program objectives and milestones to 
     achieve initial operating capability and full operating 
     capability.
       (4) Estimated facility and personnel resource requirements 
     for use in planning, programming, and budgeting.
       (5) An environmental assessment of proposed effects in 
     accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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