Sec. 313. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND BRIEFING REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
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## SEC. 313 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND BRIEFING REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ###
(a)Issuance of Guidance Required **[**[10 U.S.C. 1074 note](/us/usc/t10/s1074)**]** ####
(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance to the military departments and appropriate defense agencies regarding environmental exposures on military installations. ####
(2)Elements The guidance issued pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall address, at a minimum, the following: #####
(A)The criteria for when and under what circumstances public health assessments by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry must be requested in connection with environmental contamination at military installations, including past incidents of environmental contamination. #####
(B)The procedures to be used to track and document the status and nature of responses to the findings and recommendations of the public health assessments of the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that involve contamination at military installations. #####
(C)The appropriate actions to be undertaken to assess significant long-term health risks from past environmental exposures to military personnel and civilian individuals from living or working on military installations. ####
(3)Submission Not later than 30 days after the issuance of the guidance required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the congressional defense committees a copy of the guidance. ###
(b)Briefing Required ####
(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees regarding materiel solutions that would measure environmental exposures to members of the Armed Forces while in contingency operations. ####
(2)Elements The briefing required by paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum, the following: #####
(A)Relevant materiel solutions in development or commercially available that would facilitate the identification of members of the Armed Forces who have individual exposures to environmental hazards, including burn pits, dust or sand, hazardous materials, and waste. #####
(B)A timeline, and estimated cost, of developing and deploying the materiel solutions described in subparagraph (A). #####
(C)Identification of the Department of Defense’s process, and any systems, that collect and maintain exposure data and a description of how the Department of Defense could integrate data from the materiel solutions described in subparagraph
(A)into those systems. #####
(D)An update regarding the sharing of environmental exposure data with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for use in medical and treatment records of veterans, including how the materiel solutions described in subparagraph
(A)can be used in determining the service-connectedness of health conditions and in identifying possible origins and causes of disease.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND BRIEFING REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
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