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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1860 

To require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the 

prediction and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in members of the 

Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2019 

Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program on the prediction and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in members of the Armed Forces, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Readiness and 

5 Injury Prevention Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON INJURY PREDICTION AND PRE7 VENTION TO ENHANCE COMBAT READINESS. 

8 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is— 


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1 (1) to increase deployment readiness and 

2 lethality of members of the Armed Forces; 

3 (2) to create a more deployable, resilient, and 

4 sustainable combat force; 

5 (3) to provide individualized, accurate assess6 ments with actionable metrics regarding the physical 

7 condition of each member of the Armed Forces; and 

8 (4) to determine the feasibility and advisability 

9 of developing a customized fitness program for each 

10 such member to minimize musculoskeletal injuries in 

11 garrison and on deployment. 

12 (b) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

14 Defense shall carry out a pilot program to predict and pre15 vent musculoskeletal injuries in members of the Armed 

16 Forces. 

17 (c) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 

18 the pilot program under this section at not fewer than five 

19 military installations that serve as readiness training plat20 forms in order to evaluate different musculoskeletal injury 

21 risk profiles and training interventions based on the par22 ticular requirements and tactical personnel needs of the 

23 military departments. 


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1 (d) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the pilot pro2 gram under this section, the Secretary shall do the fol3 lowing: 

4 (1) Identify musculoskeletal injury risk for 

5 members of the Armed Forces using integrated ob6 jective assessments in basic and advanced training 

7 for such members. 

8 (2) Generate automated reports and personal9 ized programs to educate members of the Armed 

10 Forces on proper initiatives to minimize injury risk. 

11 (3) Notify human performance and medical 

12 staff of the Department when the musculoskeletal 

13 injury risk of a member of the Armed Forces in14 creases. 

15 (4) Provide monitoring of members of the 

16 Armed Forces who are undergoing or have under17 gone assessments under paragraph (1) to track the 

18 progress and readiness of such members. 

19 (e) REPORT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days be21 fore the completion of the pilot program under this 

22 section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

23 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

24 House of Representatives a report that describes the 

25 conduct of the pilot program. 


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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para2 graph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) A description of the pilot program, in4 cluding outcome measures to determine its ef5 fectiveness. 

6 (B) A description of the ability of the pilot 

7 program— 

8 (i) to identify combat readiness and 

9 risk for musculoskeletal injury of members 

10 of the Armed Forces; and 

11 (ii) to address risk reduction via per12 sonalized fitness programs. 

13 (C) A description of the reduction in inju14 ries to members of the Armed Forces and any 

15 associated cost savings as a result of the pilot 

16 program. 

17 (D) A description of the reduction in non18 deployability or early return from deployment of 

19 members of the Armed Forces due to musculo20 skeletal injury as a result of the pilot program. 

21 (f) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 

22 pilot program under this section for a period of not more 

23 than three years. 

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