S.Amdt. 544

SA 544. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 B of title XXVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 2853. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE AIR PURIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY IN MILITARY HOUSING.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
pilot program to--
(1) provide commercially available off-the-shelf items (as
defined in section 104 of title 41, United States Code) for
air purification and covered sensors to landlords; and
(2) monitor and measure the effect of such items on
environmental and public health of tenants of military
housing.
(b) Selection of Installations.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary
of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each
select one military installation at which to carry out the
pilot program under subsection (a).
(2) Considerations.--The Secretary concerned shall ensure
that the military installation selected under paragraph (1)--
(A) contains military unaccompanied housing in which the
items described in subsection (a) may be used; and
(B) is engaged in efforts to modernize military housing.
(c) Briefing.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, the
Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force
shall each provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the
pilot program established under this section, including a
description of the items described in subsection (a) used
under such program.
(2) Elements.--The briefing required under paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) a description of any cost savings identified from use
of items described in subsection (a) relating to--
(i) extending the life and habitability of military
housing; and
(ii) reducing maintenance frequency; and
(B) with respect to cost savings identified in subparagraph
(A), a plan to expand the use of the covered sensors in new
military housing.
(d) Devices.--An air purification device or covered sensor
provided under this section shall use technology proven to
reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable environmental
and public health outcomes.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered sensor.--The term ``covered sensor'' means a
commercially available product manufactured in the United
States that detects the conditions for potential mold growth
before mold is present.
(2) Military housing.--The term ``military housing''
includes military housing provided under subchapter IV of
chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code.
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