[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2937 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2937

To provide permanent treatment authority for participants in Department 
 of Defense chemical and biological testing conducted by Deseret Test 
Center and an expanded study of the health impact of Project Shipboard 
              Hazard and Defense, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2008

  Mr. Tester introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide permanent treatment authority for participants in Department 
 of Defense chemical and biological testing conducted by Deseret Test 
Center and an expanded study of the health impact of Project Shipboard 
              Hazard and Defense, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT TREATMENT AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPANTS IN DEPARTMENT 
              OF DEFENSE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TESTING CONDUCTED BY 
              DESERET TEST CENTER (INCLUDING PROJECT SHIPBOARD HAZARD 
              AND DEFENSE).

    Section 1710(e)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (D).

SEC. 2. EXPANDED STUDY ON THE HEALTH IMPACT OF PROJECT SHIPBOARD HAZARD 
              AND DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter 
into a contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National 
Academies to conduct an expanded study on the health impact of Project 
Shipboard Hazard and Defense (Project SHAD).
    (b) Covered Veterans.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
include, to the extent practicable, all veterans who participated in 
Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense.
    (c) Utilization of Existing Studies.--The study required by 
subsection (a) may use results from the study covered in the report 
entitled ``Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD'' 
of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
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