To require a National Academy of Sciences study on alternative technologies for conventional munitions demilitarization.

SA 4293. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 XIV, add the following:

SEC. 1422. NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES STUDY ON
CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION
ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall enter into
an arrangement with the Board on Army Science and Technology
of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine to conduct a study of the conventional munitions
demilitarization program of the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The study required pursuant to subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A review of the current conventional munitions
demilitarization stockpile, including types of munitions and
types of materials contaminated with propellants or
energetics, and the disposal technologies used.

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(2) An analysis of disposal, treatment, and reuse
technologies, including technologies currently used by the
Department and emerging technologies used or being developed
by private or other governmental agencies, including a
comparison of cost, throughput capacity, personnel safety,
and environmental impacts.
(3) An identification of munitions types for which
alternatives to open burning, open detonation, or non-closed
loop incineration/combustion are not used.
(4) An identification and evaluation of any barriers to
full-scale deployment of alternatives to open burning, open
detonation, or non-closed loop incineration/combustion, and
recommendations to overcome such barriers.
(5) An evaluation whether the maturation and deployment of
governmental or private technologies currently in research
and development would enhance the conventional munitions
demilitarization capabilities of the Department.
(c) Submittal to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees the study
conducted pursuant to subsection (a).
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