Sec. 10. Report on mitigation and adaptation measures
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Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director, in coordination with the Director of the United States Marshals Service, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing— rapid-response and longer-term measures undertaken at Federal carceral facilities to— mitigate the exposure of incarcerated people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to ambient air pollutants; improve indoor air quality; improve water quality at point of use and increase access to safe water for incarcerated people and carceral facility staff; mitigate the exposure of incarcerated people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to extreme cold and heat; increase opportunities for incarcerated people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to access natural light and green space; ensure incarcerated people have access to a healthy, culturally relevant, and nutritious diet; abate asbestos, pests, mold, and communicable diseases; improve the occupational health and safety of incarcerated laborers and carceral facility staff; and improve access to quality medical care for incarcerated people and carceral facility staff, including physical and mental health care, and ensure medical personnel in carceral facilities are adequately trained to detect and treat illnesses related to environmental health; plans in place to mitigate or adapt to events, such as natural disasters or equipment failure, that increase the exposure of incarcerated people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to environmental stressors; evaluations from incarcerated people describing the extent to which the measures and plans described under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)are conducive to improving or protecting the environmental health of vulnerable populations within Federal carceral facilities; and data limitations and monitoring constraints that inhibit the mitigation of or adaptation to environmental stressors at Federal carceral facilities.