[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4519]
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  SA 897. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to 
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 705. ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH OF CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL 
                   DEPENDENTS IN CONNECTION WITH PERIODIC HEALTH 
                   ASSESSMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   VETERANS.

       (a) Assessment of Health of Certain Dependents Required.--
     The Secretary concerned shall ensure that any periodic health 
     assessment or physical of a member of the Armed Forces or a 
     veteran provided by or for purposes of the Department of 
     Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs, as applicable, 
     includes a recording of the health conditions of any 
     biological descendants of the member or veteran, as the case 
     may be.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the recording of the health 
     conditions of descendants under subsection (a) shall be to 
     facilitate the tracking and identification of health 
     conditions in such descendants that may be causally related 
     to the exposure of the member or veteran concerned to toxins 
     during service in the Armed Forces.
       (c) Elements.--
       (1) In general.--The recording of the health conditions of 
     descendants under subsection (a) shall include questions of 
     the member or veteran concerned on the following:
       (A) Whether such member or veteran has experienced 
     infertility or an adverse birth outcome, and, if so and if 
     known, the cause of or diagnosis for such infertility or 
     birth outcome.
       (B) The health conditions of each biological descendant of 
     such member or veteran, including any current medical 
     diagnosis, and any current mental health diagnosis, with 
     respect to any such descendant.
       (2) Preservation and compilation.--The information derived 
     from answers to questions of a member or veteran during their 
     periodic health assessments or physicals on the health 
     conditions of descendants of the member or veteran under 
     subsection (a) shall be preserved and compiled in a manner 
     designed to facilitate the use of such information for the 
     purpose specified in subsection (b) in connection with the 
     member or veteran.
       (d) Memorandum of Understanding.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall jointly enter into a memorandum of 
     understanding that provides for the following:
       (A) The sharing of information between the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs on trends 
     identified through evaluations of the health of descendants 
     under subsection (a).
       (B) The analysis of data collected through periodic health 
     assessments and physicals of members and veterans on the 
     health conditions of descendants under subsection (a), in 
     order to identify potential causal relationships between the 
     exposure of members and veterans to toxins during service in 
     the Armed Forces and the generational effects of such 
     exposure on the biological descendants of members and 
     veterans.
       (2) Annual report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on activities undertaken under the 
     memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) 
     during the one-year period ending on the date of such report.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means the following:
       (A) The Secretary of Defense with respect to members of the 
     Armed Forces.
       (B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to 
     veterans.
       (3) The term ``biological descendant'', in the case of a 
     member or veteran, means a biological child or grandchild of 
     the member or veteran.
       (4) The term ``periodic health assessment'' includes a 
     physical examination.
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