S.Amdt. 6131

SA 6131. Mr. CARPER 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 C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 753. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT ON TOXIC EXPOSURES EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress--

(1) a certification that members of the Armed Forces are not currently experiencing toxic exposures in connection with service in the Armed Forces; and

(2) a report on the toxic exposures experienced by members of the Armed Forces in connection with service in the Armed Forces during the one-year period preceding the date of the report.

(b) Toxic Exposure Defined.--In this section, the term “toxic exposure” has the meaning given such term in section 101(37) of title 38, United States Code.