S.Amdt. 2180

SA 2180. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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. 727. REQUIREMENT TO USE HUMAN-BASED METHODS FOR CERTAIN
MEDICAL TRAINING.

(a) In General.--Chapter 101 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``Sec. 2018. Use of human-based methods for certain medical
training

``(a) Combat Trauma Injuries.--(1) Not later than October
1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall develop, test, and
validate human-based training methods for the purpose of
training members of the armed forces in the treatment of
combat trauma injuries with the goal of replacing live
animal-based training methods.
``(2) Not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary--
``(A) shall only use human-based training methods for the
purpose of training members of the armed forces in the
treatment of combat trauma injuries; and
``(B) may not use animals for such purpose.
``(b) Exception for Particular Commands and Training
Methods.--(1) The Secretary may exempt a particular command,
particular training method, or both, from the requirement for
human-based training methods under subsection (a)(2) if the
Secretary determines that human-based training methods will
not provide an educationally equivalent or superior
substitute for live animal-based training methods for such
command or training method, as the case may be.
``(2) Any exemption under this subsection shall be for such
period, not more than one year, as the Secretary shall
specify in granting the exemption. Any exemption may be
renewed (subject to the preceding sentence).
``(c) Annual Reports.--(1) Not later than October 1 of each
year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the development and implementation of
human-based training methods for the purpose of training
members of the armed forces in the treatment of combat trauma
injuries under this section.
``(2) Each report under this subsection on or after October
1, 2027, shall include a description of any exemption under
subsection (b) that is in force at the time of such report,
and a current justification for such exemption.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `combat trauma injuries' means severe
injuries likely to occur during combat, including--
``(A) hemorrhage;
``(B) tension pneumothorax;
``(C) amputation resulting from blast injury;
``(D) compromises to the airway; and
``(E) other injuries.
``(2) The term `human-based training methods' means, with
respect to training individuals in medical treatment, the use
of systems and devices that do not use animals, including--
``(A) simulators;
``(B) partial task trainers;
``(C) moulage;
``(D) simulated combat environments;
``(E) human cadavers; and
``(F) rotations in civilian and military trauma centers.
``(3) The term `partial task trainers' means training aids
that allow individuals to learn or practice specific medical
procedures.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 101 of

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such title is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:

``2018. Use of human-based methods for certain medical training.''.
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