# 119-sres-485: A resolution designating the month of October 2025 as "National Military Toxic Exposures Awareness Month".

119-sres-485, A resolution designating the month of October 2025 as "National Military Toxic Exposures Awareness Month"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS); status passed_senate (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-485
- Congress: 119
- Title: A resolution designating the month of October 2025 as "National Military Toxic Exposures Awareness Month".
- Status: passed_senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**National Military Toxic Exposures Awareness Month** is designated for October 2025 to raise public awareness of long-term health harms from military toxic exposures and to promote prevention and support for affected people. The resolution traces exposures from World War I through recent conflicts, notes impacts on veterans, families, civilian workers, and residents near installations, urges the Department of Defense to strengthen prevention standards, and directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand education, outreach about VA resources, research into effects, screenings, and clinical guidance for exposed veterans.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), 2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

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- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-sres-485 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/485)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-199: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-199)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-485 (as of 2026-04-21).