Sec. 802. Biennial briefing on Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record
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Not later than one year after the date on which the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record achieves full operational capability, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall provide the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on— the 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 or system 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 briefing required by subsection
(a)shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: An identification of potential exposures to occupational or environmental hazards 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 and accuracy of the location data used by the Department of Defense in determining potential exposures to occupational or environmental hazards by members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and recommendations for how to improve the quality of such data if necessary. 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 Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record has the meaning given such term in section 1171 of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 202.