[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 136 (Thursday, August 16, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5697-S5698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3709. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making

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appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. 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 Committee on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 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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