119-s2061

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2061 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2061

 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 Forces, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 12, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and 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 Forces, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Molly R. Loomis Research for 
Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEALTH CONDITIONS OF 
 DESCENDANTS OF INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES 
 WHILE SERVING IN ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Subsection

    (b) of 

section 501 of the Sergeant 
First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address 
Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (3) Establish Federal interagency task forces to conduct 
 collaborative research activities.''.

    (b) Reporting.--Subsection
            (c) of such section is amended by 
striking paragraphs

    (2) and

    (3) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (2) Not later than one year after the date of the 
 enactment of the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of 
 Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025--
 ``
        (A) a report containing a description of the 
 collaborative research activities identified by the 
 Working Group under subsection

    (b) ;
 ``
        (B) the findings of the members of the Working 
 Group with respect to the collaborative research 
 activities described in subparagraph
        (A) ; and
 ``
            (C) such recommendations as the Working Group may 
 have for legislative or administrative action to 
 improve collaborative research activities among the 
 members of the Working Group.
 ``

    (3) Not less frequently than annually during the five-
 year period covered by the strategic plan developed under 
 subsection

    (b) --
 ``
        (A) 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 activities;
 ``
        (B) a progress report on implementation of the 
 strategic plan developed by the Working Group under 
 subsection

    (b) ; and
 ``
            (C) such recommendations as the Working Group may 
 have for legislative or administrative action to 
 improve collaborative research activities among members 
 of the Working Group.''.
            (c) Research Requirements.--Such section is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsections
            (c) through

    (e) as 
 subsections
            (d) through

    (f) , respectively;

    (2) in subsection

    (e) , as redesignated by paragraph

    (1) , by 
 striking ``under subsection
            (c) '' and inserting ``under 
 subsection
            (d) ''; and

    (3) by inserting after subsection

    (b) the following new 
 subsection
            (c) :
 ``
            (c) Requirements Relating to Certain Research on Impacts to 
Descendants.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed 
Veterans Act of 2025, the Working Group and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry shall--
 ``

    (1) establish an interagency task force to conduct 
 research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of 
 descendants of toxic-exposed veteran (as defined in 

section 101 
 of title 38, United States Code); and
 ``

    (2) maintain a publicly available website with 
 information on the activities and findings of the Agency under 
 paragraph

    (1) , 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 (as defined in 

section 1710

    (e)

    (4) of title 38, United 
 States Code) based on the categories set forth under 

section 1173
            (c) (2) of title 38, United States Code.''.
 <all>