[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3366-S3367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2525. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY DENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 104 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2116 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 2116a. Military dental research

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `military dental research' means research on 
     the furnishing of dental care and services by dentists in the 
     armed forces.
       ``(2) The term `TriService Dental Research Program' means 
     the program of military dental research authorized under this 
     section.
       ``(b) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     establish at the University a program of military dental 
     research.
       ``(c) Triservice Research Group.--The TriService Dental 
     Research Program shall be administered by a TriService Dental 
     Research Group composed of Army, Navy, and Air Force dentists 
     who are involved in military dental research and are 
     designated by the Secretary concerned to serve as members of 
     the group.
       ``(d) Duties of Group.--The TriService Dental Research 
     Group described in subsection (c) shall--
       ``(1) develop for the Department of Defense recommended 
     guidelines for requesting, reviewing, and funding proposed 
     military dental research projects; and
       ``(2) make available to Army, Navy, and Air Force dentists 
     and officials of the Department of Defense who conduct 
     military dental research--
       ``(A) information about dental research projects that are 
     being developed or carried out in the Army, Navy, and Air 
     Force; and
       ``(B) expertise and information beneficial to the 
     encouragement of meaningful dental research.
       ``(e) Research Topics.--For purposes of this section, 
     military dental research includes research on the following 
     issues:
       ``(1) Issues regarding how to ensure the readiness of 
     members of the armed forces on active duty and in the reserve 
     components with respect to the provision of dental care and 
     services.
       ``(2) Issues regarding preventive dentistry and disease 
     management, including early detection of needs.
       ``(3) Issues regarding how to improve the results of dental 
     care and services provided in the armed forces in time of 
     peace.
       ``(4) Issues regarding how to improve the results of dental 
     care and services provided in the armed forces in time of 
     war.

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       ``(5) Issues regarding minimizing or eliminating emergent 
     dental conditions and dental disease and non-battle injuries 
     in deployed settings.
       ``(6) Issues regarding how to prevent complications 
     associated with dental-related battle injuries.
       ``(7) Issues regarding how to prevent complications 
     associated with the transportation of dental patients in the 
     military medical evacuation system.
       ``(8) Issues regarding the use of technological advances, 
     including distance learning and teledentistry.
       ``(9) Issues regarding psychological distress in receiving 
     dental care and services.
       ``(10) Issues regarding how to improve methods of training 
     dental personnel, including dental assistants and dental 
     extenders.
       ``(11) Wellness issues relating to dental care and 
     services.
       ``(12) Case management issues relating to dental care and 
     services.
       ``(13) Issues regarding the use of alternate dental care 
     delivery systems, including the employment of 
     interprofessional practice models incorporating multiple 
     health professions.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 104 of such title is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 2116 the 
     following new item:

``2116a. Military dental research.''.
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