S.Amdt. 2937

SA 2937. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 D of title III, add the following:

SEC. 334. REPORT ON JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CURRENT AND
PROPOSED EXPANSION OF INERT BOMBING AND GUNFIRE
TRAINING ON THE ISLAND OF KAULA, HAWAII.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Subcommittee on Defense
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives a report on the national security
justification for the current and proposed expansion of inert
bombing and gunfire training by the Navy, the Army, the Air
Force, and the Marine Corps on the island of Kaula, Hawaii.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An identification of a national security justification
for the proposed expansion of inert bombing and gunfire
training on Kaula, Hawaii, that is not limited to scheduling
needs of a unit and training site availability.
(2) An identification of the tangible impacts to readiness
of units operating in the area of responsibility of the
United States Indo-Pacific Command if Kaula is not available
for training.
(3) An assessment by the Secretary of the Navy of whether
there is an irreplaceable need for access to Kaula that
cannot be fulfilled by an alternative site or alternative
method of training.
(4) A consideration by the Secretary of the Navy to program
specific funding for environmental remediation, including
existing and future ordnance clean up.
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