3.0.0 4295 2022-11-01T13:50:02Z 2022-11-01T13:50:02Z House HR 2019-09-12 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 146 (Thursday, September 12, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KIM:H.R. 4295Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8--The Congress shall have the Power tolay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to paythe Debts and provide for the common Defence and generalWelfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts andExcises shall be uniform throughout the United States.[Page H7706]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2019-09-13T16:57:06Z Referred to 2019-09-12T04:01:10Z 2019-09-13 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2019-09-12 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2019-09-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-09-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000394 Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] Andy Kim D NJ 3 N D000631 Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] Madeleine Dean D PA 4 2019-09-12 True T000484 Rep. Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2] Xochitl Torres Small D NM 2 2019-09-12 True P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2019-09-18 False H001080 Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] Debra Haaland D NM A. 1 2019-09-24 False N000188 Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] Donald Norcross D NJ 1 2019-09-25 False S001208 Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] Elissa Slotkin D MI 8 2019-09-26 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2019-10-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Blood and blood diseases Child health Congressional oversight Environmental health Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health facilities and institutions Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military facilities and property Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-09-12 Introduced in House 2020-02-25T22:29:29Z Protect Our Military Children Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense to carry out a pilot program providing blood testing to children of certain members of the Armed Forces. Such members are those who served on a military installation in the continental United States that was exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances at any time during the previous 10 years.

A criterion for selection of an installation for participation shall be whether a high rate of children receive health care at a military medical treatment facility at the installation.

]]> Protect Our Military Children Act Display Title Protect Our Military Children Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary determines the exposure of certain children of members of the Armed Forces to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Protect Our Military Children Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4295ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4295ih.xml 2019-09-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.