Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Blast Pressure Exposure Study Improvement Act”.
Blast Pressure Exposure Study Improvement Act
A BILL
To modify the requirements for the longitudinal medical study of the Department of Defense on blast pressure exposure of members of the Armed Forces to assess the feasibility and advisability of uploading and sharing data, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Modification of requirements for longitudinal medical study on blast pressure exposure of members of the Armed Forces
Section 734 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1444) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (2), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) assess the feasibility and advisability of—
“(A) uploading the data gathered from the study into the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System—Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS–IH) or similar system; and
“(B) allowing personnel of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to have access to such system.”
in subsection (c)—
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):
“(2) Annual status report—Not later than January 1 of each year during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 and ending on the completion of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a status report on the study.”