[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3482-S3483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2018. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. REPORT ON THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE 
                   PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to

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     the congressional defense committees a report on the Chemical 
     and Biological Defense Program of the Department of Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the significance of the Chemical and 
     Biological Defense Program within the 2018 National Defense 
     Strategy.
       (2) A description and assessment of the threats the 
     Chemical and Biological Defense Program is designed to 
     address.
       (3) An assessment of the capacity of current Chemical and 
     Biological Defense Program facilities to complete their 
     missions if funding levels for the Program are reduced.
       (4) An estimate of the length of time required to return 
     the Chemical and Biological Defense Program to its current 
     capacity if funding levels reduced for the Program as 
     described in paragraph (3) are restored.
       (5) An assessment of the threat posed to members of the 
     Armed Forces as a result of a reduction in testing of gear 
     for field readiness by the Chemical and Biological Defense 
     Program by reason of reduced funding levels for the Program.
       (6) A description and assessment of the necessity of Non 
     Traditional Agent Defense Testing under the Chemical and 
     Biological Defense Program for Individual Protection Systems, 
     Collective Protection Systems, field decontamination systems, 
     and chemical agent detectors.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in classified form, available for review by any 
     Member of Congress, but shall include an unclassified 
     summary.
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