S.Amdt. 892

SA 892. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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:

Strike section 3051 and insert the following:

SEC. 3051. LEAD CONTAMINATION TESTING AND REPORTING.

(a) Establishment of Department of Defense Policy on Lead
Testing on Military Installations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than February 1, 2020, the
Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy under which--
(A) a qualified individual may access a military
installation for the purpose of conducting lead testing on
the installation, subject to the approval of the Secretary;
and
(B) the results of any lead testing conducted on a military
installation shall be transmitted--
(i) in the case of a military installation located inside
the United States, to--

(I) the civil engineer of the installation;
(II) the housing management office of the installation;
(III) the major subordinate command of the Armed Force with
jurisdiction over the installation; and
(IV) if required by law, any relevant Federal, State, and
local agencies; and

(ii) in the case of a military installation located outside
the United States, to the civil engineer or commander of the
installation who shall transmit those results to the major
subordinate command of the Armed Force with jurisdiction over
the installation.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:

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(A) Qualified individual.--The term ``qualified
individual'' means--
(i) an individual who is certified by the Environmental
Protection Agency or by a State as--

(I) a lead-based paint inspector; or
(II) a lead-based paint risk assessor; or

(ii) an employee of a laboratory certified by the
Environmental Protection Agency or by a State to test for
lead contamination in drinking water who is authorized to
conduct such tests.
(B) United states.--The term ``United States'' has the
meaning given such term in section 101(a)(1) of title 10,
United States Code.
(b) Annual Reporting on Lead-based Paint in Military
Housing.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``Sec. 2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in
military housing

``(a) Annual Reports.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than February 1 of each year,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report that sets forth, with respect to
military housing under the jurisdiction of each Secretary of
a military department for the calendar year preceding the
year in which the report is submitted, the following:
``(A) A certification that indicates whether the military
housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned is
in compliance with the requirements respecting lead-based
paint, lead-based paint activities, and lead-based paint
hazards described in section 408 of the Toxic Substances
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688).
``(B) A detailed summary of the data, disaggregated by
military department, used in making the certification under
subparagraph (A).
``(C) The total number of military housing units under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that were inspected
for lead-based paint in accordance with the requirements
described in subparagraph (A).
``(D) The total number of military housing units under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that were not
inspected for lead-based paint.
``(E) The total number of military housing units that were
found to contain lead-based paint in the course of the
inspections described in subparagraph (C).
``(F) A description of any abatement efforts with respect
to lead-based paint conducted regarding the military housing
units described in subparagraph (E).
``(2) Publication.--The Secretary of Defense shall publish
each report submitted under paragraph (1) on a publicly
available website of the Department of Defense.
``(b) Military Housing Defined.--In this section, the term
`military housing' includes military family housing and
military unaccompanied housing (as such term is defined in
section 2871 of this title).''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:

``2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in military housing.''.
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