US Congress House Bill 4295 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on September 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Defense to carry out a pilot program providing blood testing to children of certain members of the Armed Forces. Such members are those who served on a military installation in the continental United States that was exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances at any time during the previous 10 years. A criterion for selection of an installation for participation shall be whether a high rate of children receive health care at a military medical treatment facility at the installation.

Protect Our Military Children Act

Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]	Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2019-09-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4295/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4295/BILLS-116hr4295ih.pdf