,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ae1 #bjbd,mrs4
 ,dingell introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
require the ,interagency ,working ,group
 on ,toxic ,exposure to conduct research
 on the diagnosis and treatment of      
health conditions of descendants of     
individuals exposed to toxic substances 
while serving as members of the ,armed  
,forces1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,molly ,r4 ,loomis ,research for    
,descendants of ,toxic ,exposed         
,veterans ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,research 
on diagnosis and treatment of health    
conditions of descendants of individuals
 exposed to toxic substances while      
serving in ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in      
general ,subsection 7b7 of section #eja 
of the ,sergeant ,first ,class ,heath   
,robinson ,honoring our ,promise to     
,address ,comprehensive ,toxics ,act of 

#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-afh7 is amended
 by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph3  7#c7 ,establish ,federal    
interagency task forces to conduct      
collaborative research activities4  4   
7b7 ,reporting ,subsection 7c7 of such  
section is amended by striking          
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 and inserting  
the following3  7#b7 ,not later than two
 years after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act-- 7,a7 a report containing 
a description of the collaborative      
research activities identified by the   
,working ,group under subsection 7b72   
7,b7 the findings of the members of the 
,working ,group with respect to the     
collaborative research activities       
described in subparagraph 7,a72  7,c7   
the strategic plan developed1 by the    
,working ,group under subsection 7b72   
and  7,d7 such recommendations as the   
,working ,group may have for legislative
 or administrative action to improve    
collaborative research activities among 
the members of the ,working ,group4     

7#c7 ,not less frequently than annually 
during the five-year period covered by  
the strategic plan developed under      
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 a summary of the  
collaborative research activities       
carried out by the members of the       
,working ,group and the findings of the 
members with respect to such research   
activities2  7,b7 a progress report on  
implementation of the strategic plan    
developed by the ,working ,group under  
subsection 7b72 and  7,c7 such          
recommendations as the ,working ,group  
may have for legislative or             
administrative action to improve        
collaborative research activities among 
members of the ,working ,group4  4  7c7 
,research requirements ,such section is 
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsections 7c7 through 7e7 as          
subsections 7d7 through 7f71            
respectively2  7#b7 in subsection 7e71  
as redesignated by paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking under subsection 7c7 and       
inserting under subsection 7d72 and     

7#c7 by inserting after subsection 7b7  
the following new subsection 7c73  7c7  
,requirements relating to certain       
research on impacts to descendants ,the 
,working ,group and the ,agency for     
,toxic ,substances and ,disease         
,registry shall-- 7#a7 establish an     
interagency task force to conduct       
research on the diagnosis and treatment 
of health conditions of descendants of  
toxic-exposed veterans 7as defined in   
section #aja of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code72 and  7#b7 maintain a    
publicly available website with         
information on the activities and       
findings of the ,agency under           
subparagraph 7,a71 including a review of
 all relevant data to determine the     
strength of evidence for a positive     
association between a health condition  
researched and a toxic exposure risk    
activity 7as defined in section         
#agaj7;e77#d7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code7 based on the categories  
set forth under section #aagc7;c77#b7 of

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