Senate Bill 373
115th Congress(2017-2018)
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution due to small arms fire.
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 14, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
373
Congress
115
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to specified congressional committees a report on hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution due to small arms fire. Such report shall include:
- a verification and validation of the results included in published findings on hearing loss and tinnitus due to small arms fire;
- a description of the impact on DOD of noise pollution and noise ordinance requirements for small arms fire;
- data on the severity and rates of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus experienced by DOD personnel due to small arms fire in training and operational environments, including costs incurred by the DOD and Department of Veterans Affairs health care systems to treat noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus;
- a description of alternative methods and strategies being employed and considered by DOD for the mitigation of such hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution; and
- a description of available mitigation strategies to reduce hearing loss, tinnitus, and noise pollution as a whole and not as separate issues.
February 14, 2017
02/14/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
02/14/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:34:47 PM