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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 1014

Specialist Joey Lenz Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-02-05Topic: veterans military

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Specialist Joey Lenz Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that periodic health assessments of members of the Armed Forces include specified elements. DOD must ensure that annual assessments include a sports physical, an electrocardiogram, and specified blood work. Other periodic assessments must include certain testing related to burn pit exposure, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure, and other tests or evaluations determined to be appropriate by DOD.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-05HouseReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services.refer
2025-02-05Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-02-05Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-20. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.