[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 544. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 2853. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE AIR PURIFICATION 
                   TECHNOLOGY IN MILITARY HOUSING.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
     pilot program to--
       (1) provide commercially available off-the-shelf items (as 
     defined in section 104 of title 41, United States Code) for 
     air purification and covered sensors to landlords; and
       (2) monitor and measure the effect of such items on 
     environmental and public health of tenants of military 
     housing.
       (b) Selection of Installations.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary 
     of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each 
     select one military installation at which to carry out the 
     pilot program under subsection (a).
       (2) Considerations.--The Secretary concerned shall ensure 
     that the military installation selected under paragraph (1)--
       (A) contains military unaccompanied housing in which the 
     items described in subsection (a) may be used; and
       (B) is engaged in efforts to modernize military housing.
       (c) Briefing.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, the 
     Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall each provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the 
     pilot program established under this section, including a 
     description of the items described in subsection (a) used 
     under such program.
       (2) Elements.--The briefing required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include--
       (A) a description of any cost savings identified from use 
     of items described in subsection (a) relating to--
       (i) extending the life and habitability of military 
     housing; and
       (ii) reducing maintenance frequency; and
       (B) with respect to cost savings identified in subparagraph 
     (A), a plan to expand the use of the covered sensors in new 
     military housing.
       (d) Devices.--An air purification device or covered sensor 
     provided under this section shall use technology proven to 
     reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable environmental 
     and public health outcomes.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered sensor.--The term ``covered sensor'' means a 
     commercially available product manufactured in the United 
     States that detects the conditions for potential mold growth 
     before mold is present.
       (2) Military housing.--The term ``military housing'' 
     includes military housing provided under subchapter IV of 
     chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code.
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