,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjah,ms4   
,gabbard 7for herself and ,mr4 ,mast7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,defense to    
include in periodic health assessments1 
separation history and physical         
examinations1 and other assessments an  
evaluation of whether a member of the   
,armed ,forces has been exposed to open 
burn pits or toxic airborne chemicals1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,burn ,pits ,accountability ,act4  #b4  
,exposure to open burn pits and toxic   
airborne chemicals as part of periodic  

health assessments and other physical   
examinations  7a7 ,periodic health      
assessment ,the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall ensure that any periodic health   
assessment provided to members of the   
,armed ,forces includes an evaluation of
 whether the member has been--  7#a7    
based or stationed at a location where  
an open burn pit was used2 or  7#b7     
exposed to toxic airborne chemicals1    
including any information recorded as   
part of the ,airborne ,hazards and ,open
 ,burn ,pit ,registry4  7b7 ,separation 
history and physical examinations       
,section #aade7;a77#e7 of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,c7 ,the ,secretary     
concerned shall ensure that each        
physical examination of a member under  
subparagraph 7,a7 includes an assessment
 of whether the member was--  7i7 based 
or stationed at a location where an open
 burn pit was used2 or  7ii7 exposed to 
toxic airborne chemicals1 including any 

information recorded as part of the     
registry established by the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs under section #bja
 of the ,dignified ,burial and ,other   
,veterans' ,benefits ,improvement ,act  
of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-bfj2 #ch    
,u4,s4,c4 #ebg note74  4  7c7           
,deployment assessments ,section        
#ajgd;f7b77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,d7 ,an assessment of whether the      
member was-- 7i7 based or stationed at a
 location where an open burn pit was    
used2 or  7ii7 exposed to toxic airborne
 chemicals1 including any information   
recorded as part of the registry        
established by the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs under section #bja of
 the ,dignified ,burial and ,other      
,veterans' ,benefits ,improvement ,act  
of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-bfj2 #ch    
,u4,s4,c4 #ebg note74  4  7d7 ,sharing  
of information  7#a7 ,,dod-,,va ,the    
,secretary of ,defense and the          

,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
jointly enter into a memorandum of      
understanding providing for the sharing 
by the ,department of ,defense with the 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs of the
 results of covered evaluations         
regarding the exposure by a member of   
the ,armed ,forces to toxic airborne    
chemicals4  7#b7 ,registry ,if a covered
 evaluation of a member of the ,armed   
,forces establishes that the member was 
based or stationed at a location where  
an open burn pit was used1 or the member
 was exposed to toxic airborne          
chemicals1 the member shall be enrolled 
in the ,airborne ,hazards and ,open     
,burn ,pit ,registry1 unless the member 
elects to not so enroll4  7e7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term ,airborne ,hazards and ,open ,burn
 ,pit ,registry means the registry      
established by the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs under section #bja of
 the ,dignified ,burial and ,other      
,veterans' ,benefits ,improvement ,act  

of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-bfj2 #ch    
,u4,s4,c4 #ebg note74  7#b7 ,the term   
covered evaluation means-- 7,a7 a       
periodic health assessment conducted in 
accordance with subsection 7a72  7,b7 a 
separation history and physical         
examination conducted under section     
#aade7;a77#e7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as amended by this       
section2 and  7,c7 a deployment         
assessment conducted under section      
#ajgd;f7b77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 as amended by this       
section4  7#c7 ,the term open burn pit  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #bja7;c7 of the ,dignified      
,burial and ,other ,veterans' ,benefits 
,improvement ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law
 #aab-bfj2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #ebg note74