To require plans to procure medical countermeasures for treating forward deployed members of the Armed Forces against acute radiation syndrome and similar threats.

SA 4762. Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 5631,
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:
Sec. __. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, at the same time the budget
of the President for fiscal year 2008 is submitted to
Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United
States Code, a report setting forth the following:
(1) A plan to procure medical countermeasures for purposes
of treating forward deployed members of the Armed Forces
against the lethal effects of acute radiation syndrome,
including neutropenia and thrombocytopenia.
(2) An identification of the countermeasures required to
protect members of the Armed Forces in the event of a nuclear
or bioterrorist attack.
(3) A plan for the forward deployment of the
countermeasures identified under paragraph (2), including an
assessment of the costs associated with implementing such
plan.
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