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S 3507 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military medicine Military personnel and dependents

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to make testing for the coronavirus disease 19 available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility.

Introduced: March 17, 2020 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to make available, to specified servicemembers, testing for the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19).

The bill requires that testing be made available to all members of the Armed Forces deployed to an area in which the United States Central Command has responsibility (presently including 20 nations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia).

DOD shall report on policies or protocols provided to members of the Armed Forces regarding testing.

What's happening now March 17, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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