S.Amdt. 2206

1. Adds SEC. 353. ORDNANCE RELATED RECORDS REVIEW AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR VIEQUES AND CULEBRA ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO at the end of subtitle F of title III

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   In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   The Secretary of Defense may immediately transfer up to $4,500,000 from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities to the Postal Service Fund for purposes of implementing the modernization of the United States Postal Services's mail delivery system to improve the delivery of absentee ballots to military personnel serving outside the United States.

   Inserted: SEC. 353. ORDNANCE RELATED RECORDS REVIEW AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR VIEQUES AND CULEBRA ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO.

   Inserted: (a) Identification of Military Munitions and Navy Operational History.--

   Inserted: (1) Records review.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of all existing Department of Defense records to determine and describe the historical use of military munitions and military training on the islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby cays and waters. The review shall, to the extent practicable and based on historical documents available, identify the type of munitions, the quantity of munitions, and the location where such munitions may have potentially been used or may be remaining on the islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby cays or waters. The historical review shall also determine the type of various military training exercises that occurred on each island and in the nearby cays and waters.

   Inserted: (2) Cooperation and consultation.--The Secretary of Defense may request the assistance of other Federal agencies and may consult the Governor of Puerto Rico as may be determined appropriate in conducting the review required by this subsection and in preparing the report required by subsection (b).

   Inserted: (b) Report.--Not later than 450 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 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and shall make publicly available, a report detailing the findings and determinations of the review required by subsection (a). The report shall be organized to include the information detailed in subsection (a) in addition to site history, site description, real estate ownership information, and any other information about known military munitions and military training that occurred historically on the islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby cays and waters. The report shall include any information and recommendations that the Secretary determines appropriate about the potential hazards to the public associated with unexploded ordnance on the islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby cays and waters.

   Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Military munitions.--The term "military munitions" has the meaning given that term in section 101(e)(4) of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (2) Unexploded ordnance.--The term "unexploded ordnance" has the meaning given that term in section 101(e)(5) of title 10, United States Code.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

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