S.Amdt. 2089

SA 2089. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 H of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1095. GAO REPORT ON VESSEL FIRES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate a report on the state of marine firefighting
authorities, jurisdiction, plan review, and other
considerations with respect to vessel fires at waterfront
facilities and within the navigable waters of the United
States up to 3 nautical miles from the shoreline.
(b) Contents.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Comptroller General shall--
(1) examine factors that affect Federal and non-Federal
collaboration aimed at reducing vessel and waterfront
facility fire risk to local communities;
(2) focus on the prevalence and frequency of vessel fires
described in subsection (a); and
(3) make recommendations for preparedness, responses to,
training for, and other items for consideration.
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