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Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025
To require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act requires the federal government to research how toxic substance exposure during military service affects the health of veterans' descendants. The Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure must establish an interagency task force and conduct collaborative research on diagnosing and treating health conditions in descendants of toxic-exposed veterans. The bill requires a publicly available website to share information on research activities and findings, including assessments of evidence linking health conditions to toxic exposures. The Working Group must submit an initial report to Congress within one year and annual progress reports for five years on research activities and recommendations.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Richard Blumenthal’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $9,500
- FREEPOINT COMMODITIES LLC $6,600
- ALIX PARTNERS $6,600
- PALANTIR $6,600
- KRUX INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard Blumenthal → · Outside spending →
Actions (4)
- Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
- Dec 10, 2025 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247. · senate
- Jun 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Committee action
What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.
Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, S.410, to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, S.649, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty, S.1116, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, S.1657, to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical examination associated with such claim, S.1665, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure veterans of secrecy oath programs receive the full benefits they have earned, S.1726, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs definition of "medical services" includes medically necessary automobile adaptations, S.1868, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand access by veterans to critical access hospitals and affiliated clinics under the Veterans Community Care Program, S.2061, to require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, S.2220, to expand presumptions of exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances, S.2264, to improve the emergency management capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2309, to direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, S.2328, to authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, S.2333, to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit supplementation of health records of deceased veterans, S.2397, to require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to the provision of health care through community care providers, S.2683, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, S.2807, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the applicability of the authority to reconsider decisions of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the Army to inter remains or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery, S.2981, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of prosthetic and rehabilitative items and services by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.3033, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish partnerships between medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and medical facilities in rural areas, S.3119, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs available for members of the Armed Forces, other individuals on active duty, and family members of such individuals on a space-available basis, S.3138, to amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S.3303, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish or enhance a community integration platform for services for veterans, to require the collection from veterans of information related to social determinants of health, S.3758, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make opioid overdose rescue medications available to veterans and their caregivers, and a committee resolution.
- Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, S.668, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Office of Falls Prevention of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.926, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to furnish to certain veterans items used for the secure storage of firearms, S.1116, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, S.1657, to amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical examination associated with such claim, S.1665, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure veterans of secrecy oath programs receive the full benefits they have earned, S.1868, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand access by veterans to critical access hospitals and affiliated clinics under the Veterans Community Care Program, S.1992, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of adjudications and appeals of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S.2061, to require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, S.2220, to expand presumptions of exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances, S.2264, to improve the emergency management capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.2309, to direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, S.2328, to authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, S.2333, to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit supplementation of health records of deceased veterans, S.2397, to require implementation by the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain recommendations relating to the provision of health care through community care providers, S.2683, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, S.2737, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to certain veterans through community care providers, S.2807, to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the applicability of the authority to reconsider decisions of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of the Army to inter remains or honor the memory of a person in a national cemetery, S.3033, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish partnerships between medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and medical facilities in rural areas, S.3119, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs available for members of the Armed Forces, other individuals on active duty, and family members of such individuals on a space-available basis, S.3303, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish or enhance a community integration platform for services for veterans, to require the collection from veterans of information related to social determinants of health, an original bill entitled, "Sharing Essential Resources for Veterans Everywhere (SERVE) Act', an original bill entitled, "Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act", and an original bill entitled, "Get Justice Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act".
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEALTH CONDITIONS OF DESCENDANTS OF INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES WHILE SERVING IN ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.—Subsection (b) of section 501 of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(3) Establish Federal interagency task forces to conduct collaborative research activities.”.
(b) Reporting.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:
“(2) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025—
“(A) a report containing a description of the collaborative research activities identified by the Working Group under subsection (b);
“(B) the findings of the members of the Working Group with respect to the collaborative research activities described in subparagraph (A); and
“(C) such recommendations as the Working Group may have for legislative or administrative action to improve collaborative research activities among the members of the Working Group.
“(3) Not less frequently than annually during the five- year period covered by the strategic plan developed under subsection (b)—
“(A) a summary of the collaborative research activities carried out by the members of the Working Group and the findings of the members with respect to such research activities;
“(B) a progress report on implementation of the strategic plan developed by the Working Group under subsection (b); and
“(C) such recommendations as the Working Group may have for legislative or administrative action to improve collaborative research activities among members of the Working Group.”.
(c) Research Requirements.—Such section is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively;
(2) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “under subsection (c)” and inserting “under subsection (d)”; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) Requirements Relating to Certain Research on Impacts to Descendants.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act of 2025, the Working Group and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall—
“(1) establish an interagency task force to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of toxic-exposed veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code); and
“(2) maintain a publicly available website with information on the activities and findings of the Agency under paragraph (1), including a review of all relevant data to determine the strength of evidence for a positive association between a health condition researched and a toxic exposure risk activity (as defined in section 1710(e)(4) of title 38, United States Code) based on the categories set forth under section 1173(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code.”. <all>
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