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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 711

Sec. 711. Protection of the Armed Forces from infectious diseases

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Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073d the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the armed forces have the diagnostic equipment, testing capabilities, and personal protective equipment necessary to protect members of the armed forces from the threat of infectious diseases and to treat members who contract infectious diseases. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure the following: Each military medical treatment facility has the testing capabilities described in such subsection.
Each deployed naval vessel has the testing capabilities described in such subsection. Members of the armed forces deployed in support of a contingency operation outside of the United States have access to the testing capabilities described in such subsection, including at field hospitals, combat support hospitals, field medical stations, and expeditionary medical facilities. The Department of Defense maintains a stock of personal protective equipment in a quantity sufficient for each member of the armed forces, including the reserve components thereof.
The Secretary shall include with the defense budget materials (as defined by section 231(f) of this title) for a fiscal year a plan to research and develop vaccines for infectious diseases. The Secretary shall ensure that the medical laboratories of the Department of Defense are equipped with the technology needed to facilitate rapid research in the case of a pandemic. . The table of contents at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1073d the following new item: 1073e.
Protection of armed forces from infectious diseases. .
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