S.Amdt. 2249

SA 2249. Mr. MERKLEY 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES TO USE OF 6PPD IN TIRES.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a
report on--
(1) the alternatives to the use of 6PPD in the design and
production of tires by the Department of Defense;
(2) how 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone created by tires may be
reduced; and
(3) the steps the Secretary will take to mitigate 6PPD and
6PPD-quinone in the environment.
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