[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1923 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1923

  To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to employees of the 
  United States Government and their family members timely access to 
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for medical assessment of 
                      anomalous health conditions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 2021

    Mr. Cotton (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mrs. 
   Shaheen) 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 to employees of the 
  United States Government and their family members timely access to 
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for medical assessment of 
                      anomalous health conditions.

    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 ``Walter Reed Injury Recovery (WIRe) 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY 
              MEMBERS TO CERTAIN FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
              FOR ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF ANOMALOUS HEALTH 
              CONDITIONS.

    (a) Assessment.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide to 
employees of the United States Government and their family members who 
the Secretary determines are experiencing symptoms of certain anomalous 
health conditions, as defined by the Secretary for purposes of this 
section, timely access to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 
for medical assessment.
    (b) Treatment.--With respect to an individual described in 
subsection (a) diagnosed with an anomalous health condition or a 
related affliction, whether diagnosed under an assessment under 
subsection (a) or otherwise, the Secretary shall furnish to the 
individual treatment for the injury or affliction, subject to space 
availability, at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter 
Reed National Military Medical Center.
    (c) Development of Process.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the heads of such Federal agencies as the Secretary 
considers appropriate, shall develop a process to ensure that employees 
from those agencies and their family members are afforded timely access 
to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center pursuant to subsection 
(a) by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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