[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7684]
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SA 4222. Mr. BRAUN 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SHARING OF INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Submittal of Information to Congress.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall--
(A) upon request of a member of Congress for information
regarding a safety investigation conducted by the Department
of Defense, not later than 30 days after the date on which
the Secretary receives the request, submit to the member of
Congress the information requested; and
(B) not later than 30 days after the date of the completion
of an investigation with respect to which the Secretary
submitted information under subparagraph (A) to a member of
Congress, submit to the member updated information with
respect to the investigation.
(2) Redaction.--The Secretary of Defense may not redact any
information submitted under paragraph (1).
(3) Form.--Information submitted under paragraph (1) may be
submitted in classified form as the Secretary determines
necessary to protect national security and the investigatory
process.
(b) Sharing of Information Among Military Departments.--For
each safety investigation conducted by the Department of
Defense that involves equipment used by more than one
military department, the Secretary of Defense shall, not
later than 30 days after the date of the completion of the
safety investigation, ensure that information regarding the
investigation is transmitted to the Secretary of each
military department that uses such equipment.
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