[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5774-S5775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3839. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
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 title V of division B, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. STUDY ON FIRST RESPONDER HEALTH IMPACTS.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), acting 
     through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention and the Director of the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances and Disease Registry, and, as appropriate, the 
     Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health 
     Sciences, and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
     shall conduct a study of the health implications for 
     firefighters, police officers, and other first responders of 
     exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances occurring 
     during training or when fighting fires, including exposure 
     that occurs as a result of the use of firefighting protective 
     equipment containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
       (2) Recommendations and reports.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, and annually thereafter until submission of the 
     report under subparagraph (B)(ii), submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the progress of the 
     study under paragraph (1); and
       (B) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
     this Act--
       (i) complete the study under paragraph (1); and
       (ii) submit a report, including any appropriate 
     recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees 
     on the results of such study.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this Act, $5,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2019.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
     of the House of Representatives.

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