3.0.0 373 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z 2023-01-11T13:34:47Z Senate S 2017-02-14 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-14T20:51:08Z 2017-02-14 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-12-05 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Defense spending Firearms and explosives Hearing, speech, and vision care Military education and training Military medicine Military readiness Noise pollution Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security

00 2017-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-07T18:42:40Z This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to specified congressional committees a report on hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution due to small arms fire. Such report shall include:

• a verification and validation of the results included in published findings on hearing loss and tinnitus due to small arms fire;
• a description of the impact on DOD of noise pollution and noise ordinance requirements for small arms fire;
• data on the severity and rates of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus experienced by DOD personnel due to small arms fire in training and operational environments, including costs incurred by the DOD and Department of Veterans Affairs health care systems to treat noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus;
• a description of alternative methods and strategies being employed and considered by DOD for the mitigation of such hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution; and
• a description of available mitigation strategies to reduce hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution as a whole and not as separate issues.

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