I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2617 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance recordkeeping with respect 
to exposure by members of the Armed Forces to certain occupational 
and environmental hazards while deployed overseas, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2019 
Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance record-
keeping with respect to exposure by members of the 
Armed Forces to certain occupational and environmental 
hazards while deployed overseas, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service Member’s Oc-
cupational and Environmental Transparency Health Act’’ 
or the ‘‘OATH Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE ADDED TO MED-
ICAL RECORDS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
RISKS IN DEPLOYMENT AREA.— 
(1) ELEMENTS
OF
MEDICAL
TRACKING
SYS-
TEM.—Subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 1074f of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) accurately record any exposure to oc-
cupational and environmental health risks dur-
ing the course of their deployment.’’. 
(2) RECORDKEEPING.—Subsection (c) of such 
section is amended by inserting after ‘‘deployment 
area’’ the following: ‘‘(including the results of any 
assessment performed by the Secretary of occupa-
tional and environmental health risks for such 
area)’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this subsection. 
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(b) BURN PIT REGISTRY.— 
(1) 
UPDATES
TO
ELECTRONIC
HEALTH 
RECORDS.—Beginning not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) the Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the electronic health record maintained by 
such Secretary of a member of the Armed 
Forces registered with the burn pit registry is 
updated with any information contained in such 
registry; and 
(B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the electronic health record main-
tained by such Secretary of a veteran registered 
with the burn pit registry is updated with any 
information contained in such registry. 
(2) BURN
PIT
REGISTRY
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘burn pit registry’’ means the 
registry established under section 201 of the Dig-
nified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improve-
ment Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C. 
527 note). 
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SEC. 
3. 
ADDITIONAL 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
POSTDEPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION 
AND HEALTH REASSESSMENTS. 
(a) POSTDEPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND 
REASSESSMENTS.—Section 1074f of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR 
POSTDEPLOYMENT
MEDICAL
EXAMINATIONS
AND 
HEALTH REASSESSMENTS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall— 
‘‘(A) standardize and make available to a pro-
vider that conducts a postdeployment medical exam-
ination or reassessment under the system described 
in subsection (a) questions relating to occupational 
and environmental health exposure; and 
‘‘(B) prior to an examination or reassessment 
of a member of the armed forces, require such pro-
vider to review information applicable to such mem-
ber— 
‘‘(i) in a Periodic Occupational and Envi-
ronmental Monitoring Summary (or any suc-
cessor document); and 
‘‘(ii) on the Defense Occupational and En-
vironmental Health Readiness System (or any 
successor system). 
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