S.Amdt. 4078

SA 4078. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 VIII, add the following:

SEC. 838. SUPPORT FOR FLAME-RESISTANT TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL
BASE.

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the capability of the textile
industrial base to support the Department of Defense's
requirement for flame resistant uniforms, including--
(1) an assessment of the risk to members of the Armed
Forces and National Guard presented by flash fire in combat
and non-combat operations;
(2) a review of existing criteria for determining in what
circumstances combat uniforms of the Armed Forces and
National Guard are required to be flame- resistant;
(3) the potential benefits of flame-resistant combat
uniforms on operational safety and force protection;
(4) plans for enhancing protections for members of the
Armed Forces and National Guard against flash fire; and
(5) the minimum level of annual procurement by the Defense
Logistics Agency necessary to sustain the flame resistant
textile industrial base to be prepared to respond to emerging
needs of the Armed Forces and National Guard for current and
future conflicts.
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