S.Amdt. 595

SA 595. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. ___. LONGITUDINAL MEDICAL STUDY ON BLAST PRESSURE
EXPOSURE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
longitudinal medical study on blast pressure exposure of
members of the Armed Forces during combat and training,
including members who train with high overpressure weapons,
such as anti-tank recoilless rifles and heavy-caliber sniper
rifles.
(b) Elements.--The study required under subsection (a)
shall--
(1) monitor, record, and analyze data on blast pressure
exposure for any member of the Armed Forces who is likely to
be exposed to a blast in training or combat;
(2) assess the feasibility and advisability of including
blast exposure history as part of the service record of a
member, as a blast exposure log, in order to ensure that, if
medical issues arise later, the member receives care for any
service-connected injuries; and

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(3) review the safety precautions surrounding heavy weapons
training to account for emerging research on blast exposure
and the effects on of such exposure on cognitive performance
of members of the Armed Forces.
(c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report on the results of the study conducted under subsection
(a).
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