[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3965]
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  SA 2317. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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, the Secretary of State, 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, the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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