[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5261

   To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to each health care 
provider of the Department of Defense training regarding the potential 
    health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 22, 2023

   Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mr. Posey, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Bergman) 
 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 to each health care 
provider of the Department of Defense training regarding the potential 
    health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    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 ``PFAS Training For DoD Providers and 
Servicemembers Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY TRAINING ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF PERFLUOROALKYL OR 
              POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.

    The Secretary of Defense shall provide to each health care provider 
of the Department of Defense mandatory training regarding the potential 
health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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