,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjah,ms4  
,shea-,porter 7for herself and ,mr4     
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,armed 
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs to establish a       
registry to ensure that members of the  
,armed ,forces who may have been exposed
 to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
on military installations receive       
information regarding such exposure1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,pfas   
,registry ,act4  #b4 ,registry of       
individuals exposed to per- and         
polyfluoroalkyl substances on military  

installations  7a7 ,establishment of    
registry  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall--  7,a7     
establish and maintain a registry for   
eligible individuals who may have been  
exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl     
substances 7in this section referred to 
as ,,pfas7 due to the environmental     
release of aqueous film-forming foam 7in
 this section referred to as ,,afff7 on 
military installations to meet the      
requirements of military specification  
,,mil-,f-#bdche;,f2  7,b7 include any   
information in such registry that the   
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs        
determines necessary to ascertain and   
monitor the health effects of the       
exposure of members of the ,armed       
,forces to ,,pfas associated with       
,,afff2  7,c7 develop a public          
information campaign to inform eligible 
individuals about the registry1         
including how to register and the       

benefits of registering2 and  7,d7      
periodically notify eligible individuals
 of significant developments in the     
study and treatment of conditions       
associated with exposure to ,,pfas4     
7#b7 ,coordination ,the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs shall coordinate with
 the ,secretary of ,defense in carrying 
out paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,reports  7#a7 
,initial report ,not later than two     
years after the date on which the       
registry under subsection 7a7 is        
established1 the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall submit to ,congress an  
initial report containing the following3
  7,a7 ,an assessment of the            
effectiveness of actions taken by the   
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs and the
 ,secretary of ,defense to collect and  
maintain information on the health      
effects of exposure to ,,pfas4  7,b7    
,recommendations to improve the         
collection and maintenance of such      
information4  7,c7 ,using established   
and previously published epidemiological

 studies1 recommendations regarding the 
most effective and prudent means of     
addressing the medical needs of eligible
 individuals with respect to exposure to
 ,,pfas4  7#b7 ,follow-up report ,not   
later than five years after submitting  
the initial report under paragraph 7#a71
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall submit to ,congress a follow-up   
report containing the following3  7,a7  
,an update to the initial report        
submitted under paragraph 7#a74  7,b7   
,an assessment of whether and to what   
degree the content of the registry      
established under subsection 7a7 is     
current and scientifically up-to-date4  
7#c7 ,independent scientific            
organization ,the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs shall enter into an  
agreement with an independent scientific
 organization to prepare the reports    
under paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b74  7c7    
,recommendations for additional         
exposures ,to be included ,not later    
than five years after the date of the   

enactment of this ,act1 and every five  
years thereafter1 the ,secretary of     
,veterans ,affairs1 in consultation with
 the ,secretary of ,defense and the     
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency1 shall submit to    
,congress recommendations for additional
 chemicals with respect to which        
individuals exposed to such chemicals   
should be included in the registry      
established under subsection 7a74  7d7  
,eligible individual defined ,in this   
section1 the term eligible individual   
means any individual who1 on or after   
,november #ba1 #aifi1 served or is      
serving in the ,armed ,forces at a      
military installation where ,,afff was  
used or at another location of the      
,department of ,defense where ,,afff was
 used4