[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7900-S7901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4390. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him 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 E of title III, add the following:

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     SEC. 376. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
                   RECOMMENDATIONS ON PREVENTING TACTICAL VEHICLE 
                   TRAINING ACCIDENTS.

       (a) Plan Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees and to the 
     Comptroller General of the United States a plan to address 
     the recommendations in the report by the Comptroller General 
     entitled ``Army and Marine Corps Should Take Additional 
     Actions to Mitigate and Prevent Training Accidents'' (GAO-21-
     361).
       (2) Elements.--Each plan submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include, with respect to each recommendation in the 
     report described in such paragraph that the Secretary 
     concerned has implemented or intends to implement--
       (A) a summary of actions that have been or will be taken to 
     implement the recommendation; and
       (B) a schedule, with specific milestones, for completing 
     implementation of the recommendation.
       (b) Deadline for Implementation.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
     later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, each Secretary concerned shall carry out activities to 
     implement the plan of the Secretary developed under 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Exception for implementation of certain 
     recommendations.--
       (A) Delayed implementation.--A Secretary concerned may 
     initiate implementation of a recommendation in the report 
     described in subsection (a) after the date specified in 
     paragraph (1) if, on or before such date, the Secretary 
     provides to the congressional defense committees a specific 
     justification for the delay in implementation of such 
     recommendation.
       (B) Nonimplementation.--A Secretary concerned may decide 
     not to implement a recommendation in the report described in 
     subsection (a) if, on or before the date specified in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary provides to the congressional 
     defense committees--
       (i) a specific justification for the decision not to 
     implement the recommendation; and
       (ii) a summary of alternative actions the Secretary plans 
     to take to address the conditions underlying the 
     recommendation.
       (c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Secretary concerned'' means--
       (1) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters 
     concerning the Army; and
       (2) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters 
     concerning the Navy.
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