[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2089. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1095. GAO REPORT ON VESSEL FIRES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
     Senate a report on the state of marine firefighting 
     authorities, jurisdiction, plan review, and other 
     considerations with respect to vessel fires at waterfront 
     facilities and within the navigable waters of the United 
     States up to 3 nautical miles from the shoreline.
       (b) Contents.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
     Comptroller General shall--
       (1) examine factors that affect Federal and non-Federal 
     collaboration aimed at reducing vessel and waterfront 
     facility fire risk to local communities;
       (2) focus on the prevalence and frequency of vessel fires 
     described in subsection (a); and
       (3) make recommendations for preparedness, responses to, 
     training for, and other items for consideration.
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