[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4982]
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SA 5580. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr.
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 D of title III, add the following:
SEC. 357. USE OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR REMOVAL OF
MUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES OF CONCERN IN GUAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts
available to the Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern
from military installations in Guam.
(b) Monitoring of Removal.--The Secretary shall monitor and
assess the removal by the Department of munitions and
explosives of concern from military installations in Guam and
shall constantly update processes for such removal to
mitigate any issues relating to such removal.
(c) Report on Amounts Necessary.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report indicating the amounts necessary to
conduct removal of munitions and explosives of concern from
military installations in Guam.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on
Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on
Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Munitions and explosives of concern.--The term
``munitions and explosives of concern'' has the meaning given
that term in section 179.3 of title 32, Code of Federal
Regulations, or successor regulations.
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