[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3290 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3290

To mitigate risks of the Zika virus to members of the Armed Forces and 
 Department of Defense civilian personnel stationed in or deployed to 
 areas affected by or that may soon be affected by the Zika virus, to 
  authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to counter or 
            control the Zika virus, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2016

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To mitigate risks of the Zika virus to members of the Armed Forces and 
 Department of Defense civilian personnel stationed in or deployed to 
 areas affected by or that may soon be affected by the Zika virus, to 
  authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to counter or 
            control the Zika virus, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemembers' Zika Protection Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. MITIGATION OF RISKS OF THE ZIKA VIRUS AMONG MEMBERS OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN 
              PERSONNEL.

    (a) Measures To Protect Servicemembers From the Zika Virus.--
            (1) In general.--Funds authorized to be appropriated or 
        otherwise made available for the Department of Defense under 
        any other provision of law shall be made available for--
                    (A) the deployment of insect repellant and other 
                appropriate measures for members of the Armed Forces 
                and Department of Defense civilian personnel stationed 
                in or deployed to areas affected by the Zika virus or 
                areas that may soon be affected by the Zika virus, as 
                determined by the Secretary of Defense, inside and 
                outside the United States; and
                    (B) the treatment for insects at military 
                installations located in areas affected by the Zika 
                virus or areas that may soon be affected by the Zika 
                virus, as determined by the Secretary, inside and 
                outside the United States.
            (2) Foreign military installations.--Using existing 
        authorities to work with foreign governments that host United 
        States military and civilian personnel, the Secretary shall 
        provide support as appropriate to those foreign governments to 
        conduct treatment for insects under paragraph (1)(B) at 
        military installations in areas affected by the Zika virus or 
        areas that may soon be affected by the Zika virus, as 
        determined by the Secretary, outside the United States where 
        members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian 
        personnel are stationed.
    (b) Report and Strategy on Risk to Servicemembers Posed by the Zika 
Virus.--
            (1) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
        the congressional defense committees a report on the risk 
        members of the Armed Forces face of contracting the Zika virus 
        and the mitigation efforts being taken by the Department of 
        Defense in response to such risk.
            (2) Strategy.--Not later than 90 days after submitting the 
        report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall 
        submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy to 
        counter the Zika virus should it become a long-term issue to 
        members of the Armed Forces.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Areas affected by the zika virus.--The term ``areas 
        affected by the Zika virus'' means areas under a level 2 or 
        level 3 travel advisory notice issued by the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention related to the Zika virus.
            (2) Congressional defense committees.--The term 
        ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO 
              COUNTER OR CONTROL THE ZIKA VIRUS.

    Upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action 
is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
working capital funds of the Department of Defense, and amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense 
under any other provision of law, to and among appropriate accounts of 
the Department in order to provide funds for the following:
            (1) Operations to counter or control the Zika virus.
            (2) Research, development, test, and evaluation of medical 
        items related to the Zika virus.
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