[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7597 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7597

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on 
the research and studies being conducted or funded by the Department of 
           Defense to assess the health effects of burn pits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2020

  Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, and Mr. Welch) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on 
the research and studies being conducted or funded by the Department of 
           Defense to assess the health effects of burn pits.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF BURN 
              PITS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed report on the status, 
methodology, and culmination timeline of all the research and studies 
being conducted or funded by the Department of Defense to assess the 
health effects of burn pits. The report shall include an identification 
of any challenges and potential challenges with respect to completing 
such research and studies and recommendations to address such 
challenges.
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