[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3437]
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  SA 6295. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2027 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2873. REPORT ON DETECTION AND ALERT SYSTEMS FOR SEVERE 
                   WEATHER THREATS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to require 
     that, as part of military installations resilience planning, 
     the Secretary of Defense and the commander of any major 
     military installation study the benefits of investing in more 
     comprehensive, sustained severe weather, wildfire, and flood 
     detection and early warning, forecasting, and alerting 
     systems to improve preparedness, reduce risk to personnel and 
     property, and strengthen installation and mission resiliency.
       (b) Report on Detention and Alert Systems at Military 
     Installations.--
       (1) In general.-- Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the House of Representatives a report that assesses the 
     detection, warning, forecasting, and alert systems for severe 
     weather threats at certain military installations.
       (2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) identify at-risk installations, including any 
     installation that--
       (i) faces multi-hazard risks, such as concurrent elevated 
     risk of severe weather, lightning, wildfire, and flooding;
       (ii) hosts critical mission capabilities, high-value 
     infrastructure, or population concentrations the loss of 
     which would have a disproportionate impact on national 
     security;
       (iii) has a demonstrated historic or modeled vulnerability 
     to severe weather, wildfire, or flood events; or
       (iv) would benefit most from near-term enhancements to 
     lifesaving alerting and collaborative incident management;
       (B) assess the technical requirements and desired core 
     capabilities of detection, warning, forecasting, and alert 
     systems, including--
       (i) real-time multi-hazard detection (severe weather, 
     wildfire, flood) using on-site sensors and data streams from 
     commercial sources and civil and Federal agencies;
       (ii) advanced short- and medium-range forecasting and 
     predictive modeling leveraging commercial and government 
     data;
       (iii) automated, geospatial, and role-based alerting to 
     installation commanders, emergency managers, first 
     responders, shelter managers, and alert personnel via SMS, 
     email, voice, common alerting protocols, and other 
     modalities;
       (iv) a singular, authoritative dashboard that displays 
     real-time conditions, forecasts, alerts, and recommended 
     actions, and supports collaborative incident management 
     across stakeholders;
       (v) configurable alert thresholds, layered notification 
     lists, and two-way acknowledgment and status reporting;
       (vi) hardened communications, cybersecurity protections, 
     and redundancy appropriate to military installation 
     standards; and
       (vii) enhanced actionable alerting capabilities or 
     equivalent functionality that enables prioritized, 
     actionable, and location-specific warnings and guidance;
       (C) describe available commercial solutions and potential 
     costs associated with such solutions; and
       (D) provide recommendations for additional legislative 
     actions to facilitate the improvement of severe weather 
     observations and warnings on military installations.
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