[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3431 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3431

To require the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to 
monitor the long-term health of firefighters involved in fighting fires 
                     within Federal disaster areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2003

Mr. Baca (for himself, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Osborne, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
   Pastor, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Solis, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
  Gonzalez, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. 
 Kaptur, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ross, Mrs. 
Davis of California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Alexander, 
 Mr. Allen, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Bell, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, 
Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Doyle, 
 Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Evans, Mr. Frost, Mr. Green of Texas, 
Mr. Hill, Mr. Honda, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Lee, Mr. McInnis, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
  Towns, Ms. Harman, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. 
 Reyes, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Matsui, 
 Mr. Filner, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
 Waters, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
Sherman, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Payne, Ms. Berkley, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
Nadler, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
Edwards, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Calvert, 
Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Larsen 
 of Washington, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
 Marshall, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Ose, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Renzi, 
  Mr. Rothman, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Thompson of 
California, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Watson, Mr. Olver, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Owens, 
Mr. Berman, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Udall of 
  New Mexico, Mr. Dooley of California, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
  Issa, and Ms. Kilpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to 
monitor the long-term health of firefighters involved in fighting fires 
                     within Federal disaster areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Firefighters Medical Monitoring Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. MONITORING OF FIREFIGHTERS IN DISASTER AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health, shall monitor the long-term medical health of firefighters 
who have fought fires in any area for which the President has declared 
a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act.
    (b) Health Monitoring.--Long-term health monitoring pursuant to 
subsection (a) with respect to a major disaster shall include 
monitoring for pulmonary illnesses, neurological damage, and 
cardiovascular damage and shall utilize the medical expertise available 
in all local areas affected by the disaster.
    (c) Authorization.--To carry out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008.
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