,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aeja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1 #bjai
 ,ms4 ,warren 7for herself and ,ms4     
,ernst7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to modify the requirements for 
the longitudinal medical study of the   
,department of ,defense on blast        
pressure exposure of members of the     
,armed ,forces to assess the feasibility
 and advisability of uploading and      
sharing data1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,blast ,pressure ,exposure      
,study ,improvement ,act4  #b4          
,modification of requirements for       
longitudinal medical study on blast     
pressure exposure of members of the     
,armed ,forces ,section #gcd of the     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjah 7,public ,law   
#aae-ia2 #aca ,stat4 #addd7 is amended--
  7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in      

paragraph 7#b71 by striking 2 and and   
inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 in         
paragraph 7#c71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7,c7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#d7 assess the         
feasibility and advisability of-- 7,a7  
uploading the data gathered from the    
study into the ,defense ,occupational   
and ,environmental ,health ,readiness   
,system--,industrial ,hygiene           
7,,doehrs-,,ih7 or similar system2 and  
7,b7 allowing personnel of the          
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
have access to such system4  2 and  7#b7
 in subsection 7c7--  7,a7 by           
redesignating paragraph 7#b7 as         
paragraph 7#c72 and  7,b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#a7 the following new  
paragraph 7#b73  7#b7 ,annual status    
report ,not later than ,january #a of   
each year during the period beginning on
 the date of the enactment of the       
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  

for ,fiscal ,year #bjbj and ending on   
the completion of the study under       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
submit to the ,committees on ,armed     
,services of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives a status report on  
the study4  4