[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2660 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2660

   To provide for the monitoring of the long-term medical health of 
  firefighters who responded to emergencies in certain disaster areas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2004

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the monitoring of the long-term medical health of 
  firefighters who responded to emergencies in certain 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 referred to as the ``Healthy Firefighters Act''.

SEC. 2. MONITORING OF FIREFIGHTERS IN DISASTER AREAS.

    (a) In General.--The United States Fire Administration, after 
consultation with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, shall contract with an appropriate, locally based medical 
research university to conduct long-term medical health monitoring of 
those firefighters who responded to emergencies in any areas referred 
to in subsection (b).
    (b) Affected Firefighters.--An area referred to in this subsection 
is any area which is declared a disaster area by the Federal 
Government.
    (c) Health Monitoring.--The long-term health monitoring referred to 
in subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) pulmonary illness, neurological damage, and 
        cardiovascular damage, and
            (2) exposure documentation.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the United States Fire Administration to carry out this 
section, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2009.
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