[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7545]
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  SA 4078. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 C of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 838. SUPPORT FOR FLAME-RESISTANT TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL 
                   BASE.

       Not later than 60 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 report on the capability of the textile 
     industrial base to support the Department of Defense's 
     requirement for flame resistant uniforms, including--
       (1) an assessment of the risk to members of the Armed 
     Forces and National Guard presented by flash fire in combat 
     and non-combat operations;
       (2) a review of existing criteria for determining in what 
     circumstances combat uniforms of the Armed Forces and 
     National Guard are required to be flame- resistant;
       (3) the potential benefits of flame-resistant combat 
     uniforms on operational safety and force protection;
       (4) plans for enhancing protections for members of the 
     Armed Forces and National Guard against flash fire; and
       (5) the minimum level of annual procurement by the Defense 
     Logistics Agency necessary to sustain the flame resistant 
     textile industrial base to be prepared to respond to emerging 
     needs of the Armed Forces and National Guard for current and 
     future conflicts.
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