Healthy Servicemembers Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5121 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5121

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to screen and register 
individuals with health conditions resulting from unsafe housing units.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2023

Ms. Porter (for herself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to screen and register 
individuals with health conditions resulting from unsafe housing units.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Servicemembers Act''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING AND REGISTRY OF INDIVIDUALS WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS 
              RESULTING FROM UNSAFE HOUSING UNITS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter V of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health 
              conditions resulting from unsafe housing units
    ``(a) Screening.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with appropriate scientific agencies as determined 
        by the Secretary, shall ensure that all military medical 
        treatment facilities screen eligible individuals for covered 
        conditions.
            ``(2) Establishment of procedures.--The Secretary may 
        establish procedures through which screening under paragraph 
        (1) may allow an eligible individual to be included in the 
        registry under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Registry.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
        and maintain a registry of eligible individuals who have a 
        covered condition.
            ``(2) Inclusion of information.--The Secretary shall 
        include any information in the registry under paragraph (1) 
        that the Secretary determines necessary to ascertain and 
        monitor the health of eligible individuals and the connection 
        between the health of such individuals and an unsafe housing 
        unit.
            ``(3) Public information campaign.--The Secretary shall 
        develop a public information campaign to inform eligible 
        individuals about the registry under paragraph (1), including 
        how to register and the benefits of registering.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered condition' means a medical 
        condition that is determined by the Secretary of Defense to 
        have resulted from residing in an unsafe housing unit.
            ``(2) The term `eligible individual' means a member of the 
        armed forces or a family member of a member of the armed forces 
        who has resided in an unsafe housing unit.
            ``(3) The term `unsafe housing unit' means a dwelling unit 
        that--
                    ``(A) does not meet the housing quality standards 
                established under section 8(o)(8)(B) of the United 
                States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)); 
                or
                    ``(B) is not free from dangerous air pollution 
                levels from mold.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2894a the following new item:

``2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions 
                            resulting from unsafe housing units.''.
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