[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 858 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 858

   To require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for 
   firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine potential 
  exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2019

 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for 
   firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine potential 
  exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Military Firefighters 
from PFAS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF BLOOD TESTING FOR FIREFIGHTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
              DEFENSE TO DETERMINE EXPOSURE TO PERFLUOROALKYL AND 
              POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.

    The Secretary of Defense shall provide blood testing to determine 
and document potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances (commonly known as ``PFAS'') for each firefighter of the 
Department of Defense during the annual physical exam conducted by the 
Department for each such firefighter.
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