S.Amdt. 2469
What it does: Adds SEC. 1534. ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT at the end of subtitle C of title XV
Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1534. ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT at the end of subtitle C of title XV
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(d) Conversion of Update of Implementation of Transition Action Plan From Quarterly to Biannually.--Paragraph (7)(B) of such subsection is amended by striking "90 days" and inserting"180 days".
Inserted: SEC. 1534. ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT.
Inserted: (a) Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of electrical safety and fire prevention incidents in United States controlled and occupied non-permanent facilities in the United States Central Command area of responsibility since 2001 and use the resulting lessons learned to develop necessary policy, training, and doctrine for purposes of institutionalizing this knowledge for current and future combat operations.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The review required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
Inserted: (1) An assessment of all known electrical or fire related deaths of members of the Armed Forces that have occurred in United States controlled and occupied non-permanent facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Inserted: (2) Recommendations for improving electrical and fire protection safety in United States controlled and occupied non-permanent facilities used in overseas military operations.
Inserted: (c) Revised Guidelines for Uniform Facilities Criteria.--Not later than 90 days after completion of the review required under subsection (a), the findings and recommendations of the review shall be incorporated, as appropriate, in revised guidelines in the Uniform Facilities Criteria, or other relevant policy, training, and doctrine publications, governing non-permanent facilities in support of military operations.
Inserted: (d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the review conducted under subsection (a).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XV, add the following:
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SA 2469. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 C of title XV, add the following:
SEC. 1534. ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT.
(a) Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of electrical safety and fire prevention incidents in United States controlled and occupied non-permanent facilities in the United States Central Command area of responsibility since 2001 and use the resulting lessons learned to develop necessary policy, training, and doctrine for purposes of institutionalizing this knowledge for current and future combat operations.
(b) Elements.--The review required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
(1) An assessment of all known electrical or fire related deaths of members of the Armed Forces that have occurred in United States controlled and occupied non-permanent facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.
(2) Recommendations for improving electrical and fire protection safety in United States controlled and occupied non-permanent facilities used in overseas military operations.
(c) Revised Guidelines for Uniform Facilities Criteria.--Not later than 90 days after completion of the review required under subsection (a), the findings and recommendations of the review shall be incorporated, as appropriate, in revised guidelines in the Uniform Facilities Criteria, or other relevant policy, training, and doctrine publications, governing non-permanent facilities in support of military operations.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the review conducted under subsection (a).
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Senate amendment submitted
November 21, 2013