[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4023. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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. 744. INCLUSION OF EXPOSURE TO PERFLUOROALKYL AND 
                   POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AS COMPONENT OF 
                   PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.

       (a) Periodic Health Assessment.--Each Secretary concerned 
     shall ensure that any periodic health assessment provided to 
     a member of the Armed Forces includes an assessment of 
     whether the member has been--
       (1) based or stationed at a military installation 
     identified by the Secretary concerned as a location with a 
     known or suspected release of perfluoroalkyl substances or 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances during the period in which the 
     member was based or stationed at the military installation; 
     or
       (2) exposed to such substances, including by assessing any 
     information in the health record of the member.
       (b) Separation History and Physical Examinations.--Section 
     1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that each 
     physical examination of a member under subparagraph (A) 
     includes an assessment of whether the member was--
       ``(i) based or stationed at a military installation 
     identified by the Secretary concerned as a location with a 
     known or suspected release of perfluoroalkyl substances or 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances during the period in which the 
     member was based or stationed at the military installation; 
     or
       ``(ii) exposed to such substances, including by assessing 
     any information in the health record of the member.''.
       (c) Deployment Assessments.--Section 1074f(b)(2) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) An assessment of whether the member was--
       ``(i) based or stationed at a military installation 
     identified by the Secretary concerned as a location with a 
     known or suspected release of perfluoroalkyl substances or 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances during the period in which the 
     member was based or stationed at the military installation; 
     or
       ``(ii) exposed to such substances, including by assessing 
     any information in the health record of the member.''.
       (d) Provision of Blood Testing to Determine Exposure to 
     Perfluoroalkyl Substances or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.--
       (1) In general.--If a covered evaluation of a member of the 
     Armed Forces results in a positive determination of potential 
     exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances, the Secretary concerned shall provide to that 
     member, during the covered evaluation, blood testing to 
     determine and document potential exposure to such substances.
       (2) Inclusion in health record.--The results of a blood 
     test of a member of the Armed Forces conducted under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be included in the health record of 
     the member.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered evaluation.--The term ``covered evaluation'' 
     means--
       (A) a periodic health assessment conducted in accordance 
     with subsection (a);
       (B) a separation history and physical examination conducted 
     under section 1145(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, as 
     amended by subsection (b); or
       (C) a deployment assessment conducted under section 
     1074f(b)(2) of such title, as amended by subsection (c).
       (2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
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