[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3660-S3661]
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SA 638. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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 E of title III, add the following:
SEC. 360. MONITORING OF NOISE FROM FLIGHTS AND TRAINING OF
EA-18G GROWLERS ASSOCIATED WITH NAVAL AIR
STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND.
(a) Monitoring.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for
real-time monitoring of noise from local flights of EA-18G
Growlers associated with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island,
including field carrier landing practice at Naval Outlying
Field (OLF) Coupeville and Ault Field.
(2) Public availability.--The Secretary shall publish the
results of monitoring conducted under paragraph (1) on a
publicly available Internet website of the Department of
Defense.
(3) Report.--Not later than 180 days 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
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of Representatives a report on the progress of monitoring
conducted under paragraph (1) and the results of such
monitoring.
(b) Plan for Additional Monitoring.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a plan for real-time monitoring
described in subsection (a)(1) of noise relating to field
carrier landing practice conducted above or adjacent to
Olympic National Park, Olympic National Forest, and Ebey's
Landing National Historical Reserve.
(2) Development of plan.--The Secretary shall work with the
Director of the National Park Service and the Chief of the
Forest Service in developing the plan under paragraph (1).
(c) Funding.--
(1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated
by this Act for Navy Operation and Maintenance is hereby
increased by $1,000,000 and the amount of such increase shall
be made available to carry out this section.
(2) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by
this Act for Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance for SAG
4A4G is hereby reduced by $1,000,000.
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