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House Bill 1863
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.
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Introduced in House on Mar 25, 2019
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H. R. 1863 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1863


To require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 25, 2019

Mr. Norcross (for himself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Kim, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Hollingsworth, Ms. Dean, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for firefighters of the Department of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Provision of blood testing for firefighters of Department of Defense to determine exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

The Secretary of Defense shall provide blood testing to determine and document potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly known as “PFAS”) for each firefighter of the Department of Defense during the annual physical exam conducted by the Department for each such firefighter.