[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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