[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4164. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley) 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 B of title III, add the following:
SEC. 318. LIMITATION ON MODIFICATION OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES
IN OREGON PURSUANT TO RECORD OF DECISION FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT RELATING TO
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, IDAHO.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that any record
of decision issued by the Secretary for the Airspace
Optimization for Readiness Environmental Impact Statement for
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, does not modify existing
training regimes and activities of the Air Force in Oregon
until the Secretary, in coordination with the United States
Geological Survey and the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, has conducted and then analyzed in a supplemental
draft environmental impact statement comprehensive, primary
research on the effects of real noise, the risk of wildfire
from the use of flares, and the risk of water pollution from
the use of chaff from current and proposed future military
training on wildlife and human communities in the Mountain
Home Military Operations Area in Oregon.
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