,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cgc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjag,mr4 ,hatch introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,secretary of ,defense to submit to     
,congress a report on hearing loss1     
tinnitus1 and noise pollution due to    
small arms fire4  #a4 ,report on hearing
 loss1 tinnitus1 and noise pollution due
 to small arms fire  7a7 ,sense of      
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that hearing loss1 tinnitus1 and noise  
pollution due to small arms fire has a  
detrimental impact on the readiness and 
budget of the ,department of ,defense4  
7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall submit to the         
,committees on ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives 7and the ,committee on 

,appropriations of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives upon the     
request of either committee7 and the    
,president pro tempore of the ,senate1 a
 report on hearing loss1 tinnitus1 and  
noise pollution due to small arms fire4 
7#b7 ,elements ,the report required by  
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        
following3 7,a7 ,a verification and     
validation of the results included in   
published findings on hearing loss and  
tinnitus due to small arms fire         
7including the ,clinical ,study ,design 
of ,noise-,induced ,hearing ,loss in    
,marine ,recruits published by ,e4,a4   
,williams 7ne ,edelstein774  7,b7 ,a    
description of the impact on the        
,department of ,defense of noise        
pollution and noise ordinance           
requirements1 as set forth under title  
,,iv of the ,clean ,air ,act 7relating  
to noise pollution7 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gfda
 et seq471 for small arms fire          
7including the impact on training       

ranges1 training schedules1 operational 
readiness1 and mission parameters74     
7,c7 ,data on the severity and rates of 
noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus 
experienced by personnel of the         
,department due to small arms fire in   
training and operational environments1  
including costs currently incurred by   
the health care systems of the          
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
treat noise-induced hearing loss and    
tinnitus4  7,d7 ,a description of       
alternative methods and strategies      
currently being employed by the         
,department of ,defense1 as well as     
alternative methods1 technologies1 and  
techniques being considered1 for the    
mitigation of hearing loss1 tinnitus1   
and noise pollution due to small arms   
fire4  7,e7 ,a description of current   
mitigation strategies available to      
reduce hearing loss1 tinnitus1 and noise
 pollution as a whole and not as        
separate issues4