[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5768 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5768

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Defense to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide for 
health screenings in communities near formerly used defense sites that 
          have been identified by the Secretary as sources of 
        perfluorooctanesuflonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2016

Mr. Meehan (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
   Defense to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide for 
health screenings in communities near formerly used defense sites that 
          have been identified by the Secretary as sources of 
        perfluorooctanesuflonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid.

    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 the ``PFOS and PFOA Right to Know Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION 
              OF HEALTH SCREENINGS.

    Section 2679(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Such term includes 
health screenings for conditions relating to the exposure of 
perfluorooctanesuflonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in communities 
near formerly used defense sites that have been identified by the 
Secretary of Defense as sources of such acids.''
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