[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5634. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CHEMICAL SECURITY ANALYSIS CENTER.

       (a) In General.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 323. CHEMICAL SECURITY ANALYSIS CENTER.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
     Secretary for Science and Technology, shall designate the 
     laboratory described in subsection (b) as an additional 
     laboratory pursuant to the authority under section 308(c)(2), 
     which shall be used to conduct studies, analyses, and 
     research to assess and address the threat, hazards, and risks 
     associated with an accidental or intentional chemical event 
     or chemical terrorism event.
       ``(b) Laboratory Described.--The laboratory described in 
     this subsection is the laboratory known, as of the date of 
     enactment of this section, as the Chemical Security Analysis 
     Center.
       ``(c) Laboratory Activities.--The Chemical Security 
     Analysis Center shall--
       ``(1) identify and develop countermeasures and mitigation 
     strategies to chemical threats, including the development of 
     comprehensive, research-based definable goals for those 
     countermeasures;
       ``(2) provide an enduring science-based chemical threat and 
     hazard analysis capability;
       ``(3) provide expertise in risk and consequence modeling, 
     chemical sensing and detection, analytical chemistry, 
     chemical toxicology, synthetic chemistry and reaction 
     characterization, and nontraditional chemical agents and 
     emerging chemical threats;
       ``(4) staff and operate a technical assistance program that 
     provides operational support and subject matter expertise, 
     design and execute laboratory and field tests, and provide a 
     comprehensive knowledge repository of chemical threat 
     information that is continuously updated with data from 
     scientific, intelligence, operational, and private sector 
     sources;
       ``(5) consult, as appropriate, with the Countering Weapons 
     of Mass Destruction Office of the Department to mitigate, 
     prepare, and respond to threats, hazards, and risks 
     associated with an accidental or intentional chemical event 
     or chemical terrorism event; and
       ``(6) carry out such other activities as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate.
       ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed as affecting in any manner the authorities or 
     responsibilities of the Countering Weapons of Mass 
     Destruction Office of the Department.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 322 the following:

``Sec. 323. Chemical Security Analysis Center.''.
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