[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7753-S7757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4270. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Ernst) 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. CONSIDERATION UNDER DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   RESTORATION PROGRAM FOR STATE-OWNED FACILITIES 
                   OF THE NATIONAL GUARD WITH PROVEN EXPOSURE OF 
                   HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND WASTE.

       (a) Definition of State-owned National Guard Facility.--
     Section 2700 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) The term `State-owned National Guard facility' means 
     land owned and operated by a State when such land is used for 
     training the National Guard pursuant to chapter 5 of title 32 
     with funds provided by the Secretary of Defense or the 
     Secretary of a military department, even though such land is 
     not

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     under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.''.
       (b) Authority for Defense Environmental Restoration 
     Program.--Section 2701(a)(1) of such title is amended, in the 
     first sentence, by inserting ``and at State-owned National 
     Guard facilities'' before the period.
       (c) Responsibility for Response Actions.--Section 
     2701(c)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Each State-owned National Guard facility currently 
     being used for training the National Guard pursuant to 
     chapter 5 of title 32.''.
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