S.Amdt. 5632

SA 5632. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title III, add the following:

SEC. 389. PROHIBITION ON ELIMINATION OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE FORCE OF MARINE CORPS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not eliminate the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force of the Marine Corps or the funding for such force.

(b) Report on Funding and Maintenance of Program.--Not later than April 25, 2023, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on how the Department of Defense will fund and maintain the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force of the Marine Corps.