Amendment requires the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct a comprehensive study of the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions on uranium-exposed soldiers and on children of uranium-exposed soldiers who were born after the exposure of the uranium-exposed soldiers to depleted uranium.

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Amendment Number
818
Description
Amendment requires the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct a comprehensive study of the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions on uranium-exposed soldiers and on children of uranium-exposed soldiers who were born after the exposure of the uranium-exposed soldiers to depleted uranium.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 13 printed in House Report 109-461 to direct the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct a comprehensive study of the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium munitions.
Congress
109
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 11, 2006
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the McDermott amendment (A016) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
14:27:34
Submitted Date
May 11, 2006
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Feb 3, 2022
Amendment 818 — Informed