3.0.0 3911 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z 2023-01-11T13:46:17Z Senate S 2020-06-08 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-08T22:31:27Z PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act 116 8643 HR 2020-10-20 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2020-06-08 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2020-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-06-18 False Armed Forces and National Security Blood and blood diseases Congressional oversight Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Fires Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military facilities and property Military medicine Military procurement, research, weapons development Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-08T19:59:56Z PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a task force to address the effects of the release of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from activities of DOD. The bill also requires (1) blood testing for PFAS of former and current members of the Armed Forces and their families if a periodic health assessment results in a positive determination of potential exposure to PFAS, (2) sharing by DOD with the Department of Veterans Affairs of the results of health assessments of exposure by a member of the Armed Forces, and (3) DOD to establish a registry of members of the Armed Forces who have been exposed to, or are suspected to have been exposed to, PFAS.

]]> PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act Display Title PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force to address the effects of the release of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances from activities of the Department of Defense, to include exposure to such substances in periodic health assessments of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3911is/xml/BILLS-116s3911is.xml 2020-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.