[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4837]
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  SA 3083. Mr. SCHATZ 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 320A. WORKING GROUP ON MARINE BIOSECURITY AT JOINT BASE 
                   PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII.

       (a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall participate in good 
     faith with a working group on marine biosecurity at Joint 
     Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (in this section referred to 
     as the ``working group'').
       (b) Existing or New Entity.--The working group may be 
     either a newly-constituted entity or an existing entity.
       (c) Memorandum of Agreement.--
       (1) In general.--In order to facilitate cooperation among 
     the members of the working group, the Secretary of the Navy 
     shall seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the 
     Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
       (2) Elements.--A memorandum of agreement entered into under 
     paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum, the commitment of 
     the Department of Defense--
       (A) to work collaboratively and in good faith with all 
     members of the working group;
       (B) to the eradication of invasive corals discovered at 
     Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in 2020;
       (C) to supporting the health of the coastal and marine 
     ecosystem of Hawaii; and
       (D) to creating a mechanism for an independent third party, 
     approved by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural 
     Resources, to verify and, as warranted, oversee efforts by 
     the Department of Defense to eradicate invasive corals from 
     Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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