,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #g1 
#bjaf ,mr4 ,rubio introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,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  
virus1 to authorize the ,secretary of   
,defense to transfer funds to counter or
 control the ,zika virus1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,servicemembers'    
,zika ,protection ,act of #bjaf4  #b4   
,mitigation of risks of the ,zika virus 
among members of the ,armed ,forces and 
,department of ,defense civilian        
personnel  7a7 ,measures ,to protect    
servicemembers from the ,zika virus     
7#a7 ,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--  7,a7 
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 virus1 as         
determined by the ,secretary of         
,defense1 inside and outside the ,united
 ,states2 and  7,b7 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 virus1 as determined by   
the ,secretary1 inside and outside the  
,united ,states4  7#b7 ,foreign military
 installations ,using existing          
authorities to work with foreign        
governments that host ,united ,states   
military and civilian personnel1 the    
,secretary shall provide support as     
appropriate to those foreign governments

 to conduct treatment for insects under 
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 at military         
installations in areas affected by the  
,zika virus or areas that may soon be   
affected by the ,zika virus1 as         
determined by the ,secretary1 outside   
the ,united ,states where members of the
 ,armed ,forces and ,department of      
,defense civilian personnel are         
stationed4  7b7 ,report and strategy on 
risk to servicemembers posed by the     
,zika virus  7#a7 ,report ,not later    
than #cj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 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 risk4  7#b7 ,strategy  
,not later than #ij days after          
submitting the report under paragraph   
7#a71 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 ,forces4
  7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,areas affected by the ,zika virus 
,the term areas affected by the ,zika   
virus means areas under a level #b or   
level #c travel advisory notice issued  
by the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention related to the ,zika    
virus4  7#b7 ,congressional defense     
committees ,the term congressional      
defense committees has the meaning given
 that term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  #c4  
,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 interest1 the ,secretary
 may transfer working capital funds of  
the ,department of ,defense1 and amounts
 appropriated or otherwise made         
available for the ,department of        

,defense under any other provision of   
law1 to and among appropriate accounts  
of the ,department in order to provide  
funds for the following3  7#a7          
,operations to counter or control the   
,zika virus4  7#b7 ,research1           
development1 test1 and evaluation of    
medical items related to the ,zika      
virus4