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On the recordMay 21, 1998
Part D amendment No. 39 offered by Mr. Taylor of Mississippi: At the end of subtitle C of title X (page 227, after line 14), insert the following new section: SEC. 1023. RANDOM DRUG TESTING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES. (a) Expansion of Existing Program.--(1) Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1581 the following new section: ``Sec. 1582. Random testing of employees for use of illegal drugs ``(a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall expand the drug testing program required for civilian employees of the Department of Defense by Executive Order 12564 (51 Fed. Reg. 32889; September 15, 1986) to include the random testing on a controlled and monitored basis of all such employees for the use of illegal drugs. ``(b) Testing Procedures and Personnel Actions.--The requirements of Executive Order 12564 regarding drug testing procedures and the personnel actions to be taken with respect to any employee who is found to use illegal drugs shall apply to the expanded drug testing program required by this section.
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Gene Taylor
Mississippi

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Proposing an amendment for random drug testing of Department of Defense employees.

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