S.Amdt. 3671

SA 3671. Mrs. BRITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 B of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2827. REPORT ON INDOOR MOLD, PATHOGENS, AND AIRBORNE
TOXINS WITHIN HOUSING UNITS AT INSTALLATIONS OF
THE AIR FORCE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the
prevalence of indoor mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins
within housing units at installations of the Air Force.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of installations of the Air Force in the
United States with 500 or more housing units that have had
reported instances of mold, pathogens, or airborne toxins
since 2010.
(2) The number of reports of mold, pathogens, and airborne
toxins at each installation specified under paragraph (1),
including relevant dates of the reports.
(3) A description of the steps the Secretary of the Air
Force is taking to effectively remediate the housing units
where mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins are found.
(4) An assessment of the ability of installations of the
Air Force to locate, mitigate, and prevent indoor residential
mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins within housing units of
the Air Force, including the feasibility and cost associated
with testing and treating individual housing units located at
such installations for mold, pathogens, and airborne toxins
prior to a member of the Air Force and their dependents
taking residence in the unit.
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