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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.

USA115th CongressS-373| Senate 
| Updated: 2/14/2017
Orrin G. Hatch

Orrin G. Hatch

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (1)
Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)

Armed Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Feb 14, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  • February 14, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 14, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Forces and National Security

Congressional oversightDefense spendingFirearms and explosivesHearing, speech, and vision careMilitary education and trainingMilitary medicineMilitary readinessNoise pollutionVeterans' medical care

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.

USA115th CongressS-373| Senate 
| Updated: 2/14/2017
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.
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Timeline
Feb 14, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Feb 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  • February 14, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 14, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Orrin G. Hatch

Orrin G. Hatch

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (1)
Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)

Armed Services Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightDefense spendingFirearms and explosivesHearing, speech, and vision careMilitary education and trainingMilitary medicineMilitary readinessNoise pollutionVeterans' medical care