[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4397 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4397

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide medical providers of the 
Department of Defense mandatory training with respect to the potential 
                      health effects of burn pits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2021

 Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Welch, and Mr. 
   Gallego) 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 provide medical providers of the 
Department of Defense mandatory training with respect to the potential 
                      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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Burn Pits 
Health Provider Training Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY TRAINING ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF BURN PITS.

    The Secretary of Defense shall provide to each medical provider of 
the Department of Defense mandatory training with respect to the 
potential health effects of burn pits.
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