[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5467]
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  SA 3671. Mrs. BRITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2827. REPORT ON INDOOR MOLD, PATHOGENS, AND AIRBORNE 
                   TOXINS WITHIN HOUSING UNITS AT INSTALLATIONS OF 
                   THE AIR FORCE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     prevalence of indoor mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins 
     within housing units at installations of the Air Force.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of installations of the Air Force in the 
     United States with 500 or more housing units that have had 
     reported instances of mold, pathogens, or airborne toxins 
     since 2010.
       (2) The number of reports of mold, pathogens, and airborne 
     toxins at each installation specified under paragraph (1), 
     including relevant dates of the reports.
       (3) A description of the steps the Secretary of the Air 
     Force is taking to effectively remediate the housing units 
     where mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins are found.
       (4) An assessment of the ability of installations of the 
     Air Force to locate, mitigate, and prevent indoor residential 
     mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins within housing units of 
     the Air Force, including the feasibility and cost associated 
     with testing and treating individual housing units located at 
     such installations for mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins 
     prior to a member of the Air Force and their dependents 
     taking residence in the unit.
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