Sec. 704. Biannual report on Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record
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Not later than one year after the date on which the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record, or successor system, achieves full operation capability, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on— the data quality of the databases of the Department of Defense that provide the information presented in such Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record; and the usefulness of such Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record in supporting members of the Armed Forces and veterans in receiving health care and benefits from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Each report required by subsection
(a)shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: An identification of toxic exposure events that may not be fully captured by the current systems of the Department of Defense for environmental, occupational, and health monitoring, and recommendations for how to improve those systems. An analysis of the quality of the location data used by the Department of Defense in determining toxic exposures of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and recommendations for how to improve the quality of that location data if necessary. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the feasibility of modifying the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record to ensure that a member of the National Guard who is deployed in the United States in connection with a natural disaster, without regard to duty status (including any duty under title 10 or title 32, United States Code, or State active duty), may record information regarding a suspected exposure by the member to toxic substances during such deployment. In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives. The term toxic exposure has the meaning given that term in section 101(37) of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 102(b) .