S.Amdt. 3345
What it does: Adds SEC. 717. SCREENING FOR EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM on page 147, line 21
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S. 2400
Adds SEC. 717. SCREENING FOR EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM on page 147, line 21
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 717. SCREENING FOR EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM.
Inserted: (a) Personnel Being Deployed.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require all members of the Armed Forces being deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region to provide, prior to and immediately following such deployment, a sample of urine solely for the purpose of analysis under paragraph (2).
Inserted: (2) The Secretary shall promptly analyze each urine sample provided under paragraph (1) by mass spectrometry to determine--
Inserted: (A) the concentration of uranium in the urine; and
Inserted: (B) the ratios of--
Inserted: (i) uranium-238 to uranium-235;
Inserted: (ii) uranium-234 to uranium-238; and
Inserted: (iii) uranium-236 to uranium-238.
Inserted: (b) Personnel Previously Deployed.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require each member of the Armed Forces who departed for or returned from a deployment to Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region before the date of the enactment of this Act to provide to the Secretary, as soon as practicable, a urine sample solely for the purpose of analysis under paragraph (2).
Inserted: (2) Not later than 30 days after the receipt of a sample under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall subject the sample to the analysis described in subsection (a)(2).
Inserted: (c) Followup Screening.--The Secretary shall provide health screening at regular intervals for any member of the Armed Forces who demonstrates--
Inserted: (1) a concentration of depleted uranium (as determined under paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (a)) in the urine that--
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Inserted: (A) in the case of a member providing samples under paragraph (1) of such subsection, is significantly higher in the sample provided after service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region than the corresponding value for the sample provided by such member before the service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region, as the case may be; or
Inserted: (B) in the case of a member providing a sample under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), is significantly higher in the sample provided than in samples provided by age-matched and gender-matched members of the Armed Forces who have not served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf or; or
Inserted: (2) a ratio of uranium isotopes (as determined under paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (a)) that--
Inserted: (A) in the case of a member providing samples under paragraph (1) of such subsection, is significantly different in the sample provided after service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region than the corresponding value for the sample provided by such member before the service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region; or
Inserted: (B) in the case of a member providing a sample under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), is significantly different in the sample provided than in samples provided by age-matched and gender-matched members of the Armed Forces who have not served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region.
Inserted: (d) Identification and Decontamination of Areas of High Depleted Uranium Concentration.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall identify all areas in Iraq and Afghanistan in which depleted uranium has been used.
Inserted: (2) For each area identified under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
Inserted: (A) remove or otherwise decontaminate all soil contaminated with depleted uranium;
Inserted: (B) remove any equipment that is radioactive;
Inserted: (C) prevent access of children and adults to the area; and
Inserted: (D) monitor the groundwater for contamination with depleted uranium.
Inserted: (3) The Secretary shall award grants to independent researchers to conduct ongoing epidemiological studies on--
Inserted: (A) cancers occurring in children in the areas identified under paragraph (1); and
Inserted: (B) birth defects in children born in such areas.
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On page 147, after line 21, insert the following:
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SA 3345. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 147, after line 21, insert the following:
SEC. 717. SCREENING FOR EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM.
(a) Personnel Being Deployed.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require all members of the Armed Forces being deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region to provide, prior to and immediately following such deployment, a sample of urine solely for the purpose of analysis under paragraph (2).
(2) The Secretary shall promptly analyze each urine sample provided under paragraph (1) by mass spectrometry to determine--
(A) the concentration of uranium in the urine; and
(B) the ratios of--
(i) uranium-238 to uranium-235;
(ii) uranium-234 to uranium-238; and
(iii) uranium-236 to uranium-238.
(b) Personnel Previously Deployed.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require each member of the Armed Forces who departed for or returned from a deployment to Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region before the date of the enactment of this Act to provide to the Secretary, as soon as practicable, a urine sample solely for the purpose of analysis under paragraph (2).
(2) Not later than 30 days after the receipt of a sample under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall subject the sample to the analysis described in subsection (a)(2).
(c) Followup Screening.--The Secretary shall provide health screening at regular intervals for any member of the Armed Forces who demonstrates--
(1) a concentration of depleted uranium (as determined under paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (a)) in the urine that--
(A) in the case of a member providing samples under paragraph (1) of such subsection, is significantly higher in the sample provided after service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region than the corresponding value for the sample provided by such member before the service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region, as the case may be; or
(B) in the case of a member providing a sample under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), is significantly higher in the sample provided than in samples provided by age-matched and gender-matched members of the Armed Forces who have not served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf or; or
(2) a ratio of uranium isotopes (as determined under paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (a)) that--
(A) in the case of a member providing samples under paragraph (1) of such subsection, is significantly different in the sample provided after service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region than the corresponding value for the sample provided by such member before the service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region; or
(B) in the case of a member providing a sample under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), is significantly different in the sample provided than in samples provided by age-matched and gender-matched members of the Armed Forces who have not served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere in the Persian Gulf region.
(d) Identification and Decontamination of Areas of High Depleted Uranium Concentration.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall identify all areas in Iraq and Afghanistan in which depleted uranium has been used.
(2) For each area identified under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
(A) remove or otherwise decontaminate all soil contaminated with depleted uranium;
(B) remove any equipment that is radioactive;
(C) prevent access of children and adults to the area; and
(D) monitor the groundwater for contamination with depleted uranium.
(3) The Secretary shall award grants to independent researchers to conduct ongoing epidemiological studies on--
(A) cancers occurring in children in the areas identified under paragraph (1); and
(B) birth defects in children born in such areas.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 7, 2004