SAFE DELIVERY OF MAIL IN MILITARY MAIL SYSTEM.

SEC. 1071. SAFE DELIVERY OF MAIL IN MILITARY MAIL SYSTEM.(a) Plan for Safe Delivery of Military Mail.—(1) Plan required.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to ensure that the mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery. The plan shall provide for the screening of all mail within the military mail system in order to detect the presence of biological, chemical, or radiological weapons, agents, or pathogens or explosive devices before mail within the military mail system is delivered to its intended recipients.(2) Funding.—The budget justification materials submitted to Congress with the budget of the President for fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter shall include a description of the amounts required in such fiscal year to carry out the plan.(b) Report on Safety of Mail for Delivery.—(1) Report required.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the safety of mail within the military mail system for delivery.(2) Elements.—The report shall include the following:(A) An assessment of any existing deficiencies in the military mail system in ensuring that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery.(B) The plan required by subsection (a).(C) An estimate of the time and resources required to implement the plan.(D) A description of the delegation within the Department of Defense of responsibility for ensuring that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery, including responsibility for the development, implementation, and oversight of improvements to the military mail system to ensure that mail within the military mail system is safe for delivery.(3) Form.—The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.(c) Mail Within the Military Mail System Defined.—(1) In general.—In this section, the term “mail within the military mail system” means—(A) any mail that is posted through the Military Post Offices (including Army Post Offices (APOs) and Fleet Post Offices (FPOs)), Department of Defense mail centers, military Air Mail Terminals, and military Fleet Mail Centers; and119 STAT. 3447(B) any mail or package posted in the United States that is addressed to an unspecified member of the Armed Forces.(2) Inclusions and exception.—The term includes any official mail posted by the Department of Defense. The term does not include any mail posted as otherwise described in paragraph (1) that has been screened for safety for delivery by the United States Postal Service before such posting.