[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2719]
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  SA 605. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Hickenlooper) 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. STUDY ON CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN FEDERAL 
                   AGENCIES WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO BURN PITS 
                   AND OTHER TOXINS.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study to investigate--
       (1) the approximate number of civilian employees of the 
     intelligence community, the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of State, the Department of Justice (including the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation), and the Department of the 
     Treasury who were deployed to locations where they may have 
     been exposed to burn pits and other toxins; and
       (2) what kind of documentation those agencies provided to 
     those employees that those employees could use as evidence 
     that they worked in those locations at the relevant times.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection 
     (a).
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