[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5675-S5676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6131. Mr. CARPER 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 VII, add the following:

     SEC. 753. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT ON TOXIC EXPOSURES 
                   EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     Congress--
       (1) a certification that members of the Armed Forces are 
     not currently experiencing toxic exposures in connection with 
     service in the Armed Forces; and
       (2) a report on the toxic exposures experienced by members 
     of the Armed Forces in connection with service in the Armed 
     Forces during the one-year period preceding the date of the 
     report.
       (b) Toxic Exposure Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``toxic exposure'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     101(37) of title 38, United States Code.

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