[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4560-S4561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 595. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. LONGITUDINAL MEDICAL STUDY ON BLAST PRESSURE 
                   EXPOSURE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     longitudinal medical study on blast pressure exposure of 
     members of the Armed Forces during combat and training, 
     including members who train with high overpressure weapons, 
     such as anti-tank recoilless rifles and heavy-caliber sniper 
     rifles.
       (b) Elements.--The study required under subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) monitor, record, and analyze data on blast pressure 
     exposure for any member of the Armed Forces who is likely to 
     be exposed to a blast in training or combat;
       (2) assess the feasibility and advisability of including 
     blast exposure history as part of the service record of a 
     member, as a blast exposure log, in order to ensure that, if 
     medical issues arise later, the member receives care for any 
     service-connected injuries; and

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       (3) review the safety precautions surrounding heavy weapons 
     training to account for emerging research on blast exposure 
     and the effects on of such exposure on cognitive performance 
     of members of the Armed Forces.
       (c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the results of the study conducted under subsection 
     (a).
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