[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2599-S2600]
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SA 433. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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. 727. STUDY ON HEART COMPLICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study on the number of incidents of members of the armed
forces developing heart complications during service on
active duty during the 10-year period preceding the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(b) Presentation of Data.--In conducting the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall present data
disaggregated by--
(1) calendar year; and
(2) branch of the armed forces.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the
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Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the
study conducted under subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``active
duty'' and ``armed forces'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
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