Sec. 756. Study and report on rate of cancer-related morbidity and mortality
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The Secretary of Defense shall conduct, or enter into a contract with an appropriate federally funded research and development center to conduct, a study to assess whether individuals (including individuals on active duty or in a reserve component or the National Guard) assigned to the Pease Air Force Base and Pease Air National Guard Base for a significant period of time during the period of 1970 through 2020 experience a higher-than-expected rate of cancer-related morbidity and mortality as a result of time on base or exposures associated with time on base compared to the rate of cancer-related morbidity and mortality of the general population of the United States, accounting for differences in sex, age, and race.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide for— the completion of the study under subsection (a); and the submission of a report on the results of the study to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. In this section, the term significant period of time shall be defined by the Secretary of Defense or by the entity conducting the study under subsection (a), as the Secretary determines appropriate.