S.Amdt. 3839

SA 3839. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making
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 title V of division B, insert
the following:

SEC. __. STUDY ON FIRST RESPONDER HEALTH IMPACTS.

(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
(referred to in this section as the ``Secretary''), acting
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Director of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, and, as appropriate, the
Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense
shall conduct a study of the health implications for
firefighters, police officers, and other first responders of
exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances occurring
during training or when fighting fires, including exposure
that occurs as a result of the use of firefighting protective
equipment containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(2) Recommendations and reports.--The Secretary shall--
(A) not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter until submission of the
report under subparagraph (B)(ii), submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the progress of the
study under paragraph (1); and
(B) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of
this Act--
(i) complete the study under paragraph (1); and
(ii) submit a report, including any appropriate
recommendations, to the appropriate congressional committees
on the results of such study.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this Act, $5,000,000 for
fiscal year 2019.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--For
purposes of this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security
of the House of Representatives.

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