[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5310]
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  SA 5831. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 334. REPORT ON BLOOD TESTING OF FIREFIGHTERS OF 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR EXPOSURE TO 
                   PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report detailing--
       (1) the implementation by the Secretary at each 
     installation of the Department of Defense of blood testing of 
     firefighters of the Department to determine and document 
     potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances, as required under section 707 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 
     116-92; 133 Stat. 1441); and
       (2) the status and results of the efforts of the Department 
     to develop a plan to track, trend, and analyze the results of 
     such blood testing throughout the Department in accordance 
     with Department of Defense Instruction 6055.05, entitled 
     ``Occupational Medical Examinations: Medical Surveillance and 
     Medical Qualification''.
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