[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1034. Mr. STRANGE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 
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. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FIRE PROTECTION IN DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE FACILITIES.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) portable fire extinguishers are essential to the safety 
     of members of the Armed Forces and their families;
       (2) the current United Facilities Criteria could be updated 
     to ensure it provides members of the Armed Forces, their 
     families, and other Department of Defense personnel with the 
     most modern fire protection standards that are met by their 
     civilian counterparts, including requiring portable fire 
     extinguishers on military installations;
       (3) United Facilities Criteria 3-600-01, Section 4-9, dated 
     September 26, 2006, addresses the national and international 
     standards for fire safety and Department of Defense 
     Facilities; and
       (4) the Secretary of Defense should consider amending the 
     current United Facilities Criteria Section 9-17.1 to address 
     the standards outlined by United Facilities Criteria 3-600-
     01, Section 4-9, dated September 26, 2006.
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