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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 5261
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to each health care provider
of the Department of Defense training regarding the potential health
effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST22, 2023
Ms. S
LOTKIN(for herself, Mr. POSEY, Mr. TURNER, and Mr. BERGMAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to each health
care provider of the Department of Defense training
regarding the potential health effects of perfluoroalkyl
or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PFAS Training For 4
DoD Providers and Servicemembers Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. MANDATORY TRAINING ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF 1
PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL 2
SUBSTANCES. 3
The Secretary of Defense shall provide to each health 4
care provider of the Department of Defense mandatory 5
training regarding the potential health effects of 6
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances. 7
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