,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #heh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1         
#bjai,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,murkowski7 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 provide blood 
testing for firefighters of the         
,department of ,defense to determine    
potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and
 polyfluoroalkyl substances1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,military ,firefighters from ,,pfas     
,act4  #b4 ,provision of blood testing  
for firefighters of ,department of      
,defense to determine exposure to       
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl      
substances ,the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall provide blood testing to determine
 and document potential exposure to     
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl      
substances 7commonly known as ,,pfas7   

for each firefighter of the ,department 
of ,defense during the annual physical  
exam conducted by the ,department for   
each such firefighter4