To require the Secretary of Defense to commission an independent scientific study of the impacts of transboundary flows, spills, or discharges of pollution or debris from the Tijuana River on the personnel, activities, and installations of the Department of Defense.

SA 2317. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 320. STUDY ON IMPACTS OF TRANSBOUNDARY FLOWS, SPILLS, OR
DISCHARGES OF POLLUTION OR DEBRIS FROM THE
TIJUANA RIVER ON PERSONNEL, ACTIVITIES, AND
INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Secretary of State, and the United
States Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water
Commission, shall commission an independent scientific study
of the impacts of transboundary flows, spills, or discharges
of pollution or debris from the Tijuana River on the
personnel, activities, and installations of the Department of
Defense.
(2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall
address the short-term, long-term, primary, and secondary
impacts of transboundary flows, spills, or discharges of
pollution or debris from the Tijuana River and include
recommendations to mitigate such impacts.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing
the results of the study under subsection (a), including all
findings and recommendations resulting from the study.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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