Congressional Record: June 12, 2000 (Senate)
Page S4956-S4969

                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2001
                                  (H.R. 4576)
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                   HARKIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 3354-3355

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to
the bill, H.R. 4576, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3354

       On page 109 of the substituted original text, between lines
     11 and 12, insert the following:
       Sec. 8126. (a) Of the amount appropriated by title II under
     the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
     funds, in a sufficient amount for the purpose, shall be used
     for the Department of Defense consideration and
     implementation of changes in Department of Defense secrecy
     oaths and policies, within appropriate national security
     constraints, to ensure that such policies do not prevent or
     discourage current and former workers at nuclear weapons
     facilities who may have been exposed to radioactive and other
     hazardous substances from discussing those exposures with
     their health care providers and with other appropriate
     officials, including for the consideration and implementation
     of changes to the policy of the Department of Defense neither
     to confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons as it is
     applied to former United States nuclear weapons facilities
     that no longer contain nuclear weapons or materials.
       (b) Of the amount appropriated by title II under the
     heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', funds,
     in sufficient amount for the purpose, shall be used to
     provide for the notification of people who are or were bound
     by Department of Defense secrecy oaths or policies, and who
     may have been exposed to radioactive or hazardous substances
     at nuclear weapons facilities, of any likely health risks and
     of how they can discuss the exposures with their health care
     providers and other appropriate officials without violating
     secrecy oaths or policies.
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