[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3308-S3309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2388. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mrs. Ernst) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.

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Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 729. DOCUMENTATION OF INFORMATION ON BLAST EXPOSURES IN 
                   SERVICE RECORDS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL.

       (a) In General.--In accordance with such guidance as the 
     Secretary of Defense shall issue for purposes of this 
     section, each Secretary of a military department shall 
     include in the military service records of members of the 
     Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary 
     appropriate documentation of information on any blasts to 
     which such members are exposed during service in the Armed 
     Forces (whether in combat or training), including the 
     following:
       (1) The month and year of exposure.
       (2) The severity of the exposure, which may include the 
     blast pressure experienced during exposure and other features 
     as determined by the Secretary.
       (3) Whether exposure occurred during combat or training.
       (4) Whether a weapon was the source of the blast, and, if 
     so, the type of weapon.
       (5) Such other information on the exposure as the Secretary 
     of Defense shall specify in the guidance.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on blast 
     pressure exposure of members of the Armed Forces during--
       (A) with respect to the initial report, the one-year period 
     ending on the date of such report; and
       (B) with respect to each subsequent report, the two-year 
     period ending on the date of such report.
       (2) Information from service records.--Each report 
     submitted under paragraph (1) shall include summary 
     descriptions of the information specified in each paragraph 
     of subsection (a) that was included in the records of such 
     members during the period covered by such report.
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