[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3504]
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SA 462. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 D of title XXX, add the following:
SEC. 3057. TESTING OF HOUSING ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR
LEAD CONTAMINATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
all housing on an installation of the Department of Defense
is tested for lead contamination.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on how to improve the living
facilities for members of the Armed Forces and their families
who are living in housing with lead contamination on an
installation of the Department.
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