[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3608]
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  SA 2200. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 320. STUDY ON IMPACTS OF TRANSBOUNDARY FLOWS, SPILLS, OR 
                   DISCHARGES OF POLLUTION OR DEBRIS FROM THE 
                   TIJUANA RIVER ON PERSONNEL, ACTIVITIES, AND 
                   INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency and the United States Commissioner of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission, shall commission 
     an independent scientific study of the impacts of 
     transboundary flows, spills, or discharges of pollution or 
     debris from the Tijuana River on the personnel, activities, 
     and installations of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall 
     address the short-term, long-term, primary, and secondary 
     impacts of transboundary flows, spills, or discharges of 
     pollution or debris from the Tijuana River and include 
     recommendations to mitigate such impacts.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing 
     the results of the study under subsection (a), including all 
     findings and recommendations resulting from the study.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives.
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