Protect Our Military Children Act
Latest action · Sep 13, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Our Military Children Act
This bill directs the Department of Defense to carry out a pilot program providing blood testing to children of certain members of the Armed Forces. Such members are those who served on a military installation in the continental United States that was exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances at any time during the previous 10 years.
A criterion for selection of an installation for participation shall be whether a high rate of children receive health care at a military medical treatment facility at the installation.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2019 to Oct 4, 2019; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Original | Sep 12, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 4, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2019 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Sep 13, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H7706H.R. 4295–4327 | — | Sep 12, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 146, September 12, 2019, page H7706.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary determines the exposure of certain children of members of the Armed Forces to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protect Our Military Children Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Blood and blood diseases
- Child health
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental health
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health facilities and institutions
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Military facilities and property
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
