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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7860 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7860

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to periodically publish a report 
  with respect to any human toxic exposures in Guam during the period 
  beginning on August 15, 1958, and ending on July 31, 1980, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2024

  Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to periodically publish a report 
  with respect to any human toxic exposures in Guam during the period 
  beginning on August 15, 1958, and ending on July 31, 1980, 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. REPORT WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL TOXIC EXPOSURE IN GUAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, and not less frequently than every 3 years 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, shall publish in the Federal 
Register and on the website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services a report that includes following:
            (1) A review of scientific literature with respect to any 
        relationship between individuals present in Guam for more than 
        30 days during the period beginning on August 15, 1958, and 
        ending on July 31, 1980, and any particular illnesses or 
        conditions incurred by such individuals. Such review shall 
        include bibliographic citations of such literature.
            (2) A determination with respect to any evidence that 
        exposure to a toxic substance during the period specified in 
        paragraph (1) may be a cause of any such illness or condition, 
        with such determination categorized as one of the following:
                    (A) Sufficient evidence to conclude with reasonable 
                confidence that exposure to a toxic substance is a 
                cause of the illness or condition.
                    (B) Modest evidence to support that exposure to a 
                toxic substance is a cause of the illness or condition, 
                but not sufficient to conclude with reasonable 
                confidence that such exposure is a cause.
                    (C) Limited evidence to support that exposure to a 
                toxic substance is a cause of the illness or condition.
            (3) Any documentation with respect to the transfer and 
        storage of Agent Orange in Guam during the period beginning on 
        August 15, 1958, and ending on July 31, 1980.
    (b) Report Updates.--In addition to the periodic reports required 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, shall from time to 
time publish in the Federal Register and on the website of the 
Department of Health and Human Services updates to such most recently 
published report to reflect any subsequent determinations made under 
subsection (a)(2).
    (c) Agent Orange Defined.--In this section, the term ``Agent 
Orange'' means an herbicide agent containing dioxin or 2,4-
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.
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