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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2024 

Mr. MOYLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REPORT WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL TOXIC 

4 EXPOSURE IN GUAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

6 date of the enactment of this section, and not less fre7 quently than every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary of De8 fense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services and the Director of the Agency for Toxic 

2 Substances and Disease Registry, shall publish in the Fed3 eral Register and on the website of the Department of 

4 Health and Human Services a report that includes fol5 lowing: 

6 (1) A review of scientific literature with respect 

7 to any relationship between individuals present in 

8 Guam for more than 30 days during the period be9 ginning on August 15, 1958, and ending on July 31, 

10 1980, and any particular illnesses or conditions in11 curred by such individuals. Such review shall include 

12 bibliographic citations of such literature. 

13 (2) A determination with respect to any evi14 dence that exposure to a toxic substance during the 

15 period specified in paragraph (1) may be a cause of 

16 any such illness or condition, with such determina17 tion categorized as one of the following: 

18 (A) Sufficient evidence to conclude with 

19 reasonable confidence that exposure to a toxic 

20 substance is a cause of the illness or condition. 

21 (B) Modest evidence to support that expo22 sure to a toxic substance is a cause of the ill23 ness or condition, but not sufficient to conclude 

24 with reasonable confidence that such exposure 

25 is a cause. 


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1 (C) Limited evidence to support that expo2 sure to a toxic substance is a cause of the ill3 ness or condition. 

4 (3) Any documentation with respect to the 

5 transfer and storage of Agent Orange in Guam dur6 ing the period beginning on August 15, 1958, and 

7 ending on July 31, 1980. 

8 (b) REPORT UPDATES.—In addition to the periodic 

9 reports required under subsection (a), the Secretary of De10 fense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 

11 Human Services and the Director of the Agency for Toxic 

12 Substances and Disease Registry, shall from time to time 

13 publish in the Federal Register and on the website of the 

14 Department of Health and Human Services updates to 

15 such most recently published report to reflect any subse16 quent determinations made under subsection (a)(2). 

17 (c) AGENT ORANGE DEFINED.—In this section, the 

18 term ‘‘Agent Orange’’ means an herbicide agent con19 taining dioxin or 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. 

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