[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5310-S5311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5832. Mr. OSSOFF 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:


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        At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 357. STUDY AND REPORT ON HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM AND OTHER 
                   HAZARDS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study--
       (1) to evaluate the nature and prevalence of hexavalent 
     chromium, isocyanic acid, hexamethylene ester, and similar 
     hazards at installations of the Department of Defense, 
     particularly those installations associated with equipment 
     and weapons system maintenance and sustainment activities; 
     and
       (2) to assess the efficacy of relevant mitigation measures 
     being undertaken by the Department with respect to such 
     hazards.
       (b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall include an assessment of what and how unmet 
     requirements related to military construction or facilities 
     sustainment, restoration, and modernization impact the 
     nature, prevalence, and mitigation of chemical hazards in 
     activities of the Department.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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