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  SA 1353. Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 316. STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Management and Oversight.--Section 2901(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``Program'' 
     the following: ``, and shall place the program under the 
     management and oversight of the Deputy Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Installations and Environment''.
       (b) Strategic Environmental Research and Development 
     Program Council.--
       (1) Composition.--Section 2902(b) of such title is 
     amended--
       (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
     Research.''; and
       (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
       ``(3) The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Installations and Environment.''.
       (2) Chairman.--Section 2902(c) of such title is amended by 
     striking ``designate a member of the Council as chairman for 
     each odd numbered fiscal year'' and inserting ``designate the 
     Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and 
     Environment as chairman for each odd numbered fiscal year''.
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