,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjai,ms4 ,gabbard 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,mast1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,banks1 ,mrs4  
,beatty1 ,mr4 ,bergman1 ,mr4 ,byrne1    
,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1
 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4      
,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mrs4        
,demings1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 
,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4      
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4   
,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1
 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,gianforte1 ,mr4 
,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,miss              
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4   
,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,griffith1 ,mr4  
,harder of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1
 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4     
,holding1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1    
,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,katko1 
,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,kind1 
,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,ms4 ,kuster of    
,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4   

,lamborn1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mrs4  
,lowey1 ,mrs4 ,luria1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,marino1  
,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4     
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1   
,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4  
,norman1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,panetta1   
,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,pocan1
 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new   
,york1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,ryan1
 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,mr4   
,schrader1 ,mr4 ,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4    
,sherman1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,mr4
 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mrs4 ,torres of  
,california1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1
 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4     
,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4   
,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1  
and ,mr4 ,green of ,tennessee7          
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 pit1 as defined in subsection 7c7 
of section #bja of the ,dignified       
,burial and ,other ,veterans' ,benefits 
,improvement ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law
 #aab-bfj2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #ebg note71 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 such section
 #bja4  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 pit1 as defined in subsection 7c7  
of section #bja of the ,dignified       
,burial and ,other ,veterans' ,benefits 
,improvement ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law
 #aab-bfj2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #ebg note71 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 such section
 #bja4  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 ,rule of            
construction ,nothing in this section   
may be construed to preclude eligibility
 for benefits under the laws            
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs by reason of the open
 burn pit exposure history of a veteran 
not being recorded in a covered         
evaluation4  7f7 ,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 such title1 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