I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9039 
To require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct 
research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descend-
ants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members 
of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2024 
Mrs. DINGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Expo-
sure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment 
of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed 
to toxic substances while serving as members of the 
Armed Forces, 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 ‘‘Molly R. Loomis Re-
search for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 
2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF 
HEALTH CONDITIONS OF DESCENDANTS OF 
INDIVIDUALS 
EXPOSED 
TO 
TOXIC 
SUB-
STANCES WHILE SERVING IN ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 501 of 
the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our 
Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 
(Public Law 117–168) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Establish Federal interagency task forces 
to conduct collaborative research activities.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) Not later than two years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act— 
‘‘(A) a report containing a description of 
the collaborative research activities identified by 
the Working Group under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) the findings of the members of the 
Working Group with respect to the collaborative 
research activities described in subparagraph 
(A); 
‘‘(C) the strategic plan developed, by the 
Working Group under subsection (b); and 
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(2) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘under subsection (c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under subsection (d)’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN RE-
SEARCH ON IMPACTS TO DESCENDANTS.—The Working 
Group and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry shall— 
‘‘(1) establish an interagency task force to con-
duct research on the diagnosis and treatment of 
health conditions of descendants of toxic-exposed 
veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code); and 
‘‘(2) maintain a publicly available website with 
information on the activities and findings of the 
Agency under subparagraph (A), including a review 
of all relevant data to determine the strength of evi-
dence for a positive association between a health 
condition researched and a toxic exposure risk activ-
ity (as defined in section 1710(e)(4) of title 38, 
United States Code) based on the categories set 
forth under section 1173(c)(2) of title 38, United 
States Code.’’. 
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