S.Amdt. 1787

SA 1787. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department

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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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. REPORT ON PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING OF
THE NAVY.

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report containing a
description of the plans of the Navy to prepare for and
respond to future pandemics, including future outbreaks of
the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The report shall
include a written description of plans, including any
necessary corresponding budgetary actions, for the following:
(1) Efforts to prevent and mitigate the impacts of future
pandemics at both private and public shipyards, and to
protect the health and safety of both military personnel and
civilian workers at such shipyards.
(2) Protocol and mitigation strategies once an outbreak of
a highly contagious illness occurs aboard a Navy vessel while
underway.
(3) Development and adoption of technologies and protocols
to prevent and mitigate the spread of future pandemics aboard
Navy ships and among Navy personnel, including technologies
and protocols in connection with the following:
(A) Artificial intelligence and data-driven infectious
disease modeling and interventions.
(B) Shipboard airflow management and disinfectant
technologies.
(C) Personal protective equipment, sensors, and diagnostic
systems.
(D) Minimally crewed and autonomous supply vehicles.
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