,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #edf #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #dchd    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,july #cj1 #bjbj,mr4 ,sullivan
 7for himself and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs       
,september #ae1 #bjbj,reported by ,mr4  
,moran1 without amendment  ,a ,,bill    
,to require the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs to address exposure by members 
of the ,armed ,forces to toxic          
substances at ,karshi-,khanabad ,air    
,base1 ,uzbekistan1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,k#b ,veterans      
,advocacy ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,study on 
exposure by members of the ,armed       
,forces to toxicants at                 
,karshi-,khanabad ,air ,base in         
,uzbekistan  7a7 ,agreement and study   
,not later than #fj days after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  

enter into an agreement with the        
,administrator of the ,agency for ,toxic
 ,substances and ,disease ,registry for 
the ,administrator to complete1 not     
later than two years after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 a study to  
identify and assess any causation or    
correlation between-- 7#a7 exposure to  
toxicants at the ,karshi-,khanabad      
7,k#b7 ,air ,base in ,uzbekistan during 
the period beginning on ,october #g1    
#bjja1 and ending on ,november #ba1     
#bjje2 and  7#b7 incidents of cancer and
 other diseases or illnesses experienced
 by individuals who were members of the 
,armed ,forces during the period        
described in paragraph 7#a7 and exposed 
to toxicants as described in such       
paragraph4  7b7 ,elements ,the study    
conducted under subsection 7a7 shall    
include the following3 7#a7 ,an         
assessment regarding the conditions of  
,karshi-,khanabad ,air ,base1           
,uzbekistan1 during the period beginning
 on ,october #a1 #bjja1 and ending on   

,december #ca1 #bjje1 including an      
identification of toxic substances      
contaminating the ,air ,base during such
 period4  7#b7 ,an epidemiological study
 of the health consequences of          
individuals who were members of the     
,armed ,forces deployed to the ,air     
,base during such period4  7c7 ,support 
for study  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary shall provide the            
,administrator with assistance in       
carrying out the study required by      
subsection 7a71 including by gathering  
such information as the ,administrator  
may consider useful in carrying out the 
study1 including environmental sampling 
data relative to any location included  
in the study4  7#b7 ,obtaining          
information concerning exposure         
,assistance under paragraph 7#a7        
provided by the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs shall include compiling        
information on exposure described in    
subsection 7a77#a7 and any head of a    
,federal department or agency with      

information concerning such exposure1   
including the ,secretary of ,defense1   
shall provide the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs with such information
 concerning such exposure as the        
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs        
considers appropriate for purposes of   
the study required by subsection 7a74   
7d7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than two years after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to the appropriate         
committees of ,congress a report on the 
matters covered by the study completed  
under subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,contents   
,the report required by paragraph 7#a7  
shall include the following3 7,a7 ,the  
findings of the ,administrator with     
respect to the study completed under    
subsection 7a74  7,b7 ,a description    
of-- 7i7 the benefits administered by   
the ,secretary that a veteran may be    
eligible to receive by reason of being  
exposed to toxic substances at          
,karshi-,khanabad ,air ,base1           

,uzbekistan1 while serving in the ,armed
 ,forces2 and  7ii7 the outreach        
conducted by the ,secretary to inform   
such veterans of such benefits4  7#c7   
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs and the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2 and 
7,b7 the ,committee on ,veterans'       
,affairs and the ,committee on ,armed   
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives4  7e7 ,inclusion of    
,uzbekistan in certain registries and   
programs ,section #bja7;c77#b7 of the   
,dignified ,burial and ,other ,veterans'
 ,benefits ,improvement ,act of #bjab   
7,public ,law #aab-bfj2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4   
#ebg note7 is amended1 in the matter    
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 ,afghanistan or ,iraq and inserting    
,afghanistan1 ,iraq1 or ,uzbekistan4    
,september #ae1 #bjbj,reported without  
amendment