S.Amdt. 754

SA 754. Mr. BUNNING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1050, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In subtitle E of title I, add after the subtitle heading the following:

SEC. 141. CHEMICAL AGENT MONITORING SYSTEM AT BLUEGRASS ARMY DEPOT, KENTUCKY.

(a) In General.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 106 for chemical agents and munitions destruction, Defense, $1,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Army for the deployment of a chemical agent monitoring system at Bluegrass Army Depot, Kentucky, to supplement the current chemical agent monitoring and detection systems at the Depot for the chemical demilitarization program at the Deport. (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the deployment of the chemical agent monitoring system referred to in subsection (a) is to achieve the broadest possible protection of the public and personnel involved in the chemical demilitarization program at Bluegrass Army Depot and of the environment in the vicinity of the Depot. (c) System Elements.--(1) The chemical agent monitoring system deployed under subsection (a) shall be the most efficient and advanced chemical agent monitoring system available, combining elements of the systems as follows: (A) Open-Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer perimeter monitoring systems. (B) Continuous Agent Stack Monitoring Systems. (C) Multi-Metals Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (2) The chemical agent monitoring system may employ elements of systems other than systems referred to in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the employment of such elements provides monitoring and detection of chemical agents equivalent to the monitoring and detection of chemical agents provided by the systems referred to in that paragraph. (d) Deadline for Deployment.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall complete the deployment of the chemical agent monitoring system referred to in subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) If the Secretary has not completed the deployment of the chemical agent monitoring system as of the date required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report setting forth--(A) an explanation why the chemical agent monitoring system has not been completely deployed as of that date; (B) the actions proposed to be taken by the Secretary to complete the deployment of the chemical agent monitoring system; and (C) a schedule for the actions referred to in subparagraph (B), including the anticipated date of the completion of the deployment of the chemical agent monitoring system.