[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4517-S4518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 892. 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:

       Strike section 3051 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3051. LEAD CONTAMINATION TESTING AND REPORTING.

       (a) Establishment of Department of Defense Policy on Lead 
     Testing on Military Installations.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy under which--
       (A) a qualified individual may access a military 
     installation for the purpose of conducting lead testing on 
     the installation, subject to the approval of the Secretary; 
     and
       (B) the results of any lead testing conducted on a military 
     installation shall be transmitted--
       (i) in the case of a military installation located inside 
     the United States, to--

       (I) the civil engineer of the installation;
       (II) the housing management office of the installation;
       (III) the major subordinate command of the Armed Force with 
     jurisdiction over the installation; and
       (IV) if required by law, any relevant Federal, State, and 
     local agencies; and

       (ii) in the case of a military installation located outside 
     the United States, to the civil engineer or commander of the 
     installation who shall transmit those results to the major 
     subordinate command of the Armed Force with jurisdiction over 
     the installation.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:

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       (A) Qualified individual.--The term ``qualified 
     individual'' means--
       (i) an individual who is certified by the Environmental 
     Protection Agency or by a State as--

       (I) a lead-based paint inspector; or
       (II) a lead-based paint risk assessor; or

       (ii) an employee of a laboratory certified by the 
     Environmental Protection Agency or by a State to test for 
     lead contamination in drinking water who is authorized to 
     conduct such tests.
       (B) United states.--The term ``United States'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 101(a)(1) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (b) Annual Reporting on Lead-based Paint in Military 
     Housing.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in 
       military housing

       ``(a) Annual Reports.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than February 1 of each year, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report that sets forth, with respect to 
     military housing under the jurisdiction of each Secretary of 
     a military department for the calendar year preceding the 
     year in which the report is submitted, the following:
       ``(A) A certification that indicates whether the military 
     housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned is 
     in compliance with the requirements respecting lead-based 
     paint, lead-based paint activities, and lead-based paint 
     hazards described in section 408 of the Toxic Substances 
     Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688).
       ``(B) A detailed summary of the data, disaggregated by 
     military department, used in making the certification under 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) The total number of military housing units under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that were inspected 
     for lead-based paint in accordance with the requirements 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(D) The total number of military housing units under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that were not 
     inspected for lead-based paint.
       ``(E) The total number of military housing units that were 
     found to contain lead-based paint in the course of the 
     inspections described in subparagraph (C).
       ``(F) A description of any abatement efforts with respect 
     to lead-based paint conducted regarding the military housing 
     units described in subparagraph (E).
       ``(2) Publication.--The Secretary of Defense shall publish 
     each report submitted under paragraph (1) on a publicly 
     available website of the Department of Defense.
       ``(b) Military Housing Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `military housing' includes military family housing and 
     military unaccompanied housing (as such term is defined in 
     section 2871 of this title).''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new item:

``2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in military housing.''.
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