Title: GUAM Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Guarding against Unexploded Arms and Munitions Act or the GUAM Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to use amounts available for operation and maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern from military installations in Guam.
DOD must monitor and assess such removal and constantly update the processes for removal to mitigate any issues.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4806 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4806

 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to use amounts available to the 
Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to remove munitions 
       and explosives of concern in Guam, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2022

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to use amounts available to the 
Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to remove munitions 
       and explosives of concern in Guam, 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 ``Guarding against Unexploded Arms and 
Munitions Act'' or the ``GUAM Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR OPERATION 
              AND MAINTENANCE FOR REMOVAL OF MUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES 
              OF CONCERN IN GUAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts available 
to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to remove 
munitions and explosives of concern from military installations in 
Guam.
    (b) Monitoring of Removal.--The Secretary shall monitor and assess 
the removal by the Department of munitions and explosives of concern 
from military installations in Guam and shall constantly update 
processes for such removal to mitigate any issues relating to such 
removal.
    (c) Report on Amounts Necessary.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report indicating 
the amounts necessary to conduct removal of munitions and explosives of 
concern from military installations in Guam.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Munitions and explosives of concern.--The term 
        ``munitions and explosives of concern'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 179.3 of title 32, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or successor regulations.
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