S.Amdt. 3709

SA 3709. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making

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appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. DOCUMENTATION OF INFORMATION ON BLAST EXPOSURES IN
SERVICE RECORDS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL.

(a) In General.--In accordance with such guidance as the
Secretary of Defense shall issue for purposes of this
section, each Secretary of a military department shall
include in the military service records of members of the
Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary
appropriate documentation of information on any blasts to
which such members are exposed during service in the Armed
Forces (whether in combat or training), including the
following:
(1) The month and year of exposure.
(2) The severity of the exposure, which may include the
blast pressure experienced during exposure and other features
as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Whether exposure occurred during combat or training.
(4) Whether a weapon was the source of the blast, and, if
so, the type of weapon.
(5) Such other information on the exposure as the Secretary
of Defense shall specify in the guidance.
(b) Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services House of
Representatives a report on blast pressure exposure of
members of the Armed Forces during--
(A) with respect to the initial report, the one-year period
ending on the date of such report; and
(B) with respect to each subsequent report, the two-year
period ending on the date of such report.
(2) Information from service records.--Each report
submitted under paragraph (1) shall include summary
descriptions of the information specified in each paragraph
of subsection (a) that was included in the records of such
members during the period covered by such report.
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