S.Amdt. 5831

SA 5831. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 334. REPORT ON BLOOD TESTING OF FIREFIGHTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR EXPOSURE TO PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report detailing--

(1) the implementation by the Secretary at each installation of the Department of Defense of blood testing of firefighters of the Department to determine and document potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as required under section 707 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1441); and

(2) the status and results of the efforts of the Department to develop a plan to track, trend, and analyze the results of such blood testing throughout the Department in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 6055.05, entitled “Occupational Medical Examinations: Medical Surveillance and Medical Qualification”.