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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5121 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to screen and register individuals 

with health conditions resulting from unsafe housing units. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2023 

Ms. PORTER (for herself and Ms. JACOBS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to screen and register individuals with health conditions resulting from 

unsafe housing units. 

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 ‘‘Healthy 

5 Servicemembers Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SCREENING AND REGISTRY OF INDIVIDUALS WITH 

2 HEALTH CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM UN3 SAFE HOUSING UNITS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter V of chapter 169 of 

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2895. Screening and registry of individuals with 

8 health conditions resulting from unsafe 

9 housing units 

10 ‘‘(a) SCREENING.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

12 in consultation with appropriate scientific agencies 

13 as determined by the Secretary, shall ensure that all 

14 military medical treatment facilities screen eligible 

15 individuals for covered conditions. 

16 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES.—The 

17 Secretary may establish procedures through which 

18 screening under paragraph (1) may allow an eligible 

19 individual to be included in the registry under sub20 section (b). 

21 ‘‘(b) REGISTRY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

23 shall establish and maintain a registry of eligible in24 dividuals who have a covered condition. 

25 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec26 retary shall include any information in the registry 


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1 under paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines 

2 necessary to ascertain and monitor the health of eli3 gible individuals and the connection between the 

4 health of such individuals and an unsafe housing 

5 unit. 

6 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.—The 

7 Secretary shall develop a public information cam8 paign to inform eligible individuals about the reg9 istry under paragraph (1), including how to register 

10 and the benefits of registering. 

11 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered condition’ means a med13 ical condition that is determined by the Secretary of 

14 Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe 

15 housing unit. 

16 ‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible individual’ means a 

17 member of the armed forces or a family member of 

18 a member of the armed forces who has resided in an 

19 unsafe housing unit. 

20 ‘‘(3) The term ‘unsafe housing unit’ means a 

21 dwelling unit that— 

22 ‘‘(A) does not meet the housing quality 

23 standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B) 

24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)); or 


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1 ‘‘(B) is not free from dangerous air pollu2 tion levels from mold.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by insert5 ing after the item relating to section 2894a the following 

6 new item: 

‘‘2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions resulting 

from unsafe housing units.’’. 

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