S.Amdt. 3464

SA 3464. Mr. MERKLEY 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 USE OF 6PPD IN DESIGN AND PRODUCTION OF
TIRES PROCURED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report on the use of 6PPD in
the design and production of tires procured by the Department
of Defense.
(b) Initiatives.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall include a list of initiatives of the Department of
Defense, if any, researching potential alternatives to 6PPD
in tire production.
(c) 6PPD Defined.--In this section, the term ``6PPD'' means
the chemical N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-
phenylenediamine.
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