,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gbf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bg1 #bjag   
,mr4 ,moran 7for himself and ,mr4       
,tester7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to declassify certain documents
 related to incidents in which members  
of the ,armed ,forces were exposed to   
toxic substances4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,gary    
,deloney and ,john ,olsen ,toxic        
,exposure ,declassification ,act4  #b4  
,declassification by ,department of     
,defense of certain incidents of        
exposure of members of the ,armed       
,forces to toxic substances  7a7 ,in    
general ,the ,secretary of ,defense     
shall declassify documents related to   
any known incident in which not fewer   
than #ajj members of the ,armed ,forces 
were exposed to a toxic substance that  
resulted in at least one case of a      

disability that a member of the medical 
profession has determined to be         
associated with that toxic substance4   
7b7 ,limitation ,the declassification   
required by subsection 7a7 shall be     
limited to information necessary for an 
individual who was potentially exposed  
to a toxic substance to determine the   
following3  7#a7 ,whether that          
individual was exposed to that toxic    
substance4  7#b7 ,the potential severity
 of the exposure of that individual to  
that toxic substance4  7#c7 ,any        
potential health conditions that may    
have resulted from exposure to that     
toxic substance4  7c7 ,exception ,the   
,secretary of ,defense is not required  
to declassify documents if the          
,secretary determines that              
declassification of those documents     
would materially and immediately        
threaten the security of the ,united    
,states4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,armed ,forces ,the term  
,armed ,forces has the meaning given    

that term in section #aja of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,exposed   
,the term exposed means1 with respect to
 a toxic substance1 that an individual  
came into contact with that toxic       
substance in a manner that could be     
hazardous to the health of that         
individual1 that may include if that    
toxic substance was inhaled1 ingested1  
or touched the skin or eyes4  7#c7      
,exposure ,the term exposure means1 with
 respect to a toxic substance1 an event 
during which an individual was exposed  
to that toxic substance4  7#d7 ,toxic   
substance ,the term toxic substance     
means any substance determined by the   
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency to be harmful to the
 environment or hazardous to the health 
of an individual if inhaled or ingested 
by or absorbed through the skin of that 
individual4