[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4477]
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  SA 2937. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 334. REPORT ON JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CURRENT AND 
                   PROPOSED EXPANSION OF INERT BOMBING AND GUNFIRE 
                   TRAINING ON THE ISLAND OF KAULA, HAWAII.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
     submit to the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Subcommittee on Defense 
     of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the national security 
     justification for the current and proposed expansion of inert 
     bombing and gunfire training by the Navy, the Army, the Air 
     Force, and the Marine Corps on the island of Kaula, Hawaii.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An identification of a national security justification 
     for the proposed expansion of inert bombing and gunfire 
     training on Kaula, Hawaii, that is not limited to scheduling 
     needs of a unit and training site availability.
       (2) An identification of the tangible impacts to readiness 
     of units operating in the area of responsibility of the 
     United States Indo-Pacific Command if Kaula is not available 
     for training.
       (3) An assessment by the Secretary of the Navy of whether 
     there is an irreplaceable need for access to Kaula that 
     cannot be fulfilled by an alternative site or alternative 
     method of training.
       (4) A consideration by the Secretary of the Navy to program 
     specific funding for environmental remediation, including 
     existing and future ordnance clean up.
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