Sec. 382. Department of Defense response to military lazing incidents
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The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a formal investigation into all incidents of lazing of military aircraft that occurred during fiscal year 2021. The Secretary shall carry out such investigation in coordination and collaboration with appropriate non-Department of Defense entities. Not later than March 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the investigation conducted pursuant to paragraph (1). The Secretary shall seek to increase information sharing between the Department of Defense and the States with respect to incidents of lazing of military aircraft, including by entering into memoranda of understanding with State law enforcement agencies on information sharing in connection with such incidents to provide for procedures for closer cooperation with local law enforcement in responding to such incidents as soon as they are reported.
The Secretary shall collect such data as may be necessary to track the correlation between noise complaints and incidents of military aircraft lazing. The Secretary shall give consideration to adapting local operating procedures in areas with high incidence of military aircraft lazing incidents to reduce potential injury to aircrew. The Secretary shall examine the availability of commercial off-the-shelf laser eye protection equipment that protects against the most commonly available green light lasers that are available to the public.
If the Secretary determines that no such laser eye protection equipment is available, the Secretary shall conduct research and develop such equipment.