S.Amdt. 4390

1. Adds SEC. 376. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON PREVENTING TACTICAL VEHICLE TRAINING ACCIDENTS at the end of subtitle E of title III

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   In H.R. 4350 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the current progress of the "Project Pele" effort described in subsection (a) that addresses each of the matters under subsection (b).

   Inserted: SEC. 376. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON PREVENTING TACTICAL VEHICLE TRAINING ACCIDENTS.

   Inserted: (a) Plan Required.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall submit to the congressional defense committees and to the Comptroller General of the United States a plan to address the recommendations in the report by the Comptroller General entitled "Army and Marine Corps Should Take Additional Actions to Mitigate and Prevent Training Accidents" (GAO-21-361).

   Inserted: (2) Elements.--Each plan submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to each recommendation in the report described in such paragraph that the Secretary concerned has implemented or intends to implement--

   Inserted: (A) a summary of actions that have been or will be taken to implement the recommendation; and

   Inserted: (B) a schedule, with specific milestones, for completing implementation of the recommendation.

   Inserted: (b) Deadline for Implementation.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall carry out activities to implement the plan of the Secretary developed under subsection (a).

   Inserted: (2) Exception for implementation of certain recommendations.--

   Inserted: (A) Delayed implementation.--A Secretary concerned may initiate implementation of a recommendation in the report described in subsection (a) after the date specified in paragraph (1) if, on or before such date, the Secretary provides to the congressional defense committees a specific justification for the delay in implementation of such recommendation.

   Inserted: (B) Nonimplementation.--A Secretary concerned may decide not to implement a recommendation in the report described in subsection (a) if, on or before the date specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary provides to the congressional defense committees--

   Inserted: (i) a specific justification for the decision not to implement the recommendation; and

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   Inserted: (ii) a summary of alternative actions the Secretary plans to take to address the conditions underlying the recommendation.

   Inserted: (c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term "Secretary concerned" means--

   Inserted: (1) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army; and

   Inserted: (2) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy.

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   At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

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