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SEC. 1080. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF HOUSING A NA-
TIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE CENTER AT
KELLY AIR FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2008, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the feasibility of utilizing ex-
isting infrastructure or installing new infrastructure at
Kelly Air Field, San Antonio, Texas, to house a National
Disaster Response Center for responding to man-made and
natural disasters in the United States .
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A determination of how the National Dis-
aster Response Center would organize and leverage
capabilities of the following currently co-located orga-
nizations, facilities, and forces located in San Anto-
nio, Texas:
(A) Lackland Air Force Base.
(B) Fort Sam Houston.
(C) Brooke Army Medical Center.
(D) Wilford Hall Medical Center.
(E) Audie Murphy Veterans Administration
Medical Center.
(F) 433rd Airlift Wing C–5 Heavy Lift
Aircraft.
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(G) 149 Fighter Wing and Texas Air Na-
tional Guard F–16 fighter aircraft.
(H) Army Northern Command.
(I) The National Trauma Institute’s three
level 1 trauma centers.
(J) Texas Medical Rangers.
(K) San Antonio Metro Health Department.
(L) The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio.
(M) The Air Intelligence Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Agency at Lackland Air Force
Base.
(N) The United States Air Force Security
Police Training Department at Lackland Air
Force Base.
(O) The large manpower pools and blood
donor pools from the more than 6,000 trainees at
Lackland Air Force Base.
(2) Determine the number of military and civil-
ian personnel required to be mobilized to run the lo-
gistics, planning, and maintenance of the National
Disaster Response Center during a time of disaster
recovery.
(3) Determine the number of military and civil-
ian personnel required to run the logistics, planning,
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and maintenance of the National Disaster Response
Center during a time when no disaster is occurring.
(4) Determine the cost of improving the current
infrastructure at Kelly Air Field to meet the needs of
displaced victims of a disaster equivalent to that of
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita or a natural or man-
made disaster of similar scope, including adequate
beds, food stores, and decontamination stations to
triage radiation or other chemical or biological agent
contamination victims.
(5) An evaluation of the current capability of the
Department of Defense to respond to these mission re-
quirements and an assessment of any additional ca-
pabilities that are required.
(6) An assessment of the costs and benefits of
adding such capabilities at Kelly Air Field to the
costs and benefits of other locations.
SEC. 1081. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EQUIPMENT FOR THE
NATIONAL GUARD TO DEFEND THE HOME-
LAND.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Army National Guard and Air National
Guard have played an increasing role in homeland
security and a critical role in Operation Iraqi Free-
dom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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(2) As a result of persistent underfunding of pro-
curement, lower prioritization, and more recently the
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army National
Guard and Air National Guard face significant
equipment shortfalls.
(3) The National Guard Bureau, in its February
26, 2007, report entitled ‘‘National Guard Equipment
Requirements’’, outlines the ‘‘Essential 10’’ equipment
needs to support the Army National Guard and Air
National Guard in the performance of their domestic
missions.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the Army National Guard and Air National Guard
should have sufficient equipment available to accomplish
their missions inside the United States and to protect the
homeland.
SEC. 1082. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTS AND CI-
VILIAN 
EMPLOYEES 
AT 
CAMP 
LEJEUNE,
NORTH CAROLINA, OF EXPOSURE TO DRINK-
ING WATER CONTAMINATION.
(a) NOTIFICATION
OF
INDIVIDUALS
SERVED
BY
TARAWA TERRACE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, IN-
CLUDING KNOX TRAILER PARK.—Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Navy shall make reasonable efforts to identify and
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notify directly individuals who were served by the Tarawa
Terrace Water Distribution System, including Knox Trail-
er Park, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the
years 1958 through 1987 that they may have been exposed
to drinking water contaminated with tetrachloroethylene
(PCE).
(b) NOTIFICATION
OF
INDIVIDUALS
SERVED
BY
HADNOT POINT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.—Not later
than one year after the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) completes its water modeling
study of the Hadnot Point water distribution system, the
Secretary of the Navy shall make reasonable efforts to iden-
tify and notify directly individuals who were served by the
system during the period identified in the study of the
drinking water contamination to which they may have been
exposed.
(c) NOTIFICATION OF FORMER CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
AT CAMP LEJEUNE.—Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall
make reasonable efforts to identify and notify directly civil-
ian employees who worked at Camp Lejeune during the pe-
riod identified in the ATSDR drinking water study of the
drinking water contamination to which they may have been
exposed.
(d) CIRCULATION OF HEALTH SURVEY.—
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(1) FINDING.—Congress makes the following
findings:
(A) Notification and survey efforts related
to the drinking water contamination described in
this section are necessary due to the potential
negative health impacts of these contaminants.
(B) The Secretary of the Navy will not be
able to identify or contact all former residents
due to the condition, non-existence, or accessi-
bility of records.
(C) It is the intent of Congress is that the
Secretary of the Navy contact as many former
residents as quickly as possible.
(2) ATSDR HEALTH SURVEY.—
(A) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the ATSDR, in consultation with the National
Opinion Research Center, shall develop a health
survey that would voluntarily request of individ-
uals described in subsections (a), (b), and (c)
personal health information that may lead to
scientifically useful health information associated
with exposure to TCE, PCE, vinyl chloride, and
the other contaminants identified in the ATSDR
studies that may provide a basis for further reli-