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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1014 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense |
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| 6 | 6 | | to include certain tests as part of the periodic health assessments pro- |
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| 7 | 7 | | vided to members of the Armed Forces. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | UTTRELLintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec- |
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| 15 | 15 | | retary of Defense to include certain tests as part of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the periodic health assessments provided to members of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Armed Forces. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Specialist Joey Lenz 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESS-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | MENTS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ed by inserting after section 1074o the following new sec-4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tion (and conforming the table of sections accordingly): 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘§ 1074p. Periodic health assessments 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘Beginning in 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ensure that periodic health assessments provided to a 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | member of the armed forces include the following: 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(1) On an annual basis— 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(A) a sports physical; 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(B) an electrocardiogram; and 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(C) blood work that includes— 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(i) a comprehensive metabolic panel 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and complete blood count; and 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(ii) if necessary— 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(I) a thyroid stimulating hor-17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | mone test; and 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(II) a brain natriuretic peptide 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | test. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(2) Any test or evaluation required by law 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | with respect to such member, including an evalua-22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tion required by section 704 of the National Defense 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 1074f note) and a test required 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | by section 707 of such Act (10 U.S.C. 1074 note). 26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(3) Any other test or evaluation determined 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 2 |
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