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.

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide blood testing, during annual physical examinations of DOD firefighters, to determine and document exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1863 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.
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