,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #d1    
#bjbj,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,ms4
 ,baldwin1 and ,mrs4 ,feinstein7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to conduct a study regarding   
toxic exposure by members of the ,armed 
,forces deployed to ,karshi ,khanabad   
,air ,base1 ,uzbekistan1 to include such
 members in the open burn pit registry1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,k#b ,veterans ,toxic ,exposure         
,accountability ,act of #bjbj4  #b4     
,study on toxic exposure at ,karshi     
,khanabad ,air ,base1 ,uzbekistan  7a7  
,study  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary
 of ,defense shall conduct a study on   
toxic exposure by members of the ,armed 
,forces deployed to ,karshi ,khanabad   
,air ,base1 ,uzbekistan1 at any time    

during the period beginning ,october #a1
 #bjja1 and ending ,december #ca1 #bjje4
  7#b7 ,matters included ,the study     
under paragraph 7#a7 shall include the  
following3 7,a7 ,an assessment regarding
 the conditions of ,karshi ,khanabad    
,air ,base1 ,uzbekistan1 during the     
period beginning ,october #a1 #bjja1 and
 ending ,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 a member 
of the ,armed ,forces deployed to the   
,air ,base during such period4  7,c7 ,an
 assessment of any association between  
exposure to toxic substances identified 
under subparagraph 7,a7 and the health  
consequences studied under subparagraph 
7,b74  7b7 ,report ,not later than #ahj 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall1 in consultation with the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1 submit
 to ,congress a report containing-- 7#a7

 the study under subsection 7a72 and    
7#b7 a description of-- 7,a7 the        
benefits administered by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs 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  7,b7 the outreach        
conducted by the ,secretary to inform   
such veterans of such benefits4  #c4    
,inclusion of ,uzbekistan in certain    
registries and programs  7a7 ,open burn 
pit registry ,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 amended by      
striking ,afghanistan or ,iraq and      
inserting ,afghanistan1 ,iraq1 or       
,uzbekistan4  7b7 ,depleted uranium     
follow-,up programs ,the ,secretary of  
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall ensure that any         
individual who deployed as a member of  

the ,armed ,forces to ,karshi ,khanabad 
,air ,base1 ,uzbekistan1 at any time    
during the period beginning ,october #a1
 #bjja1 and ending ,december #ca1 #bjje1
 is covered by the ,depleted ,uranium   
,follow-,up ,programs of the ,department
 of ,defense and the ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs4  #d4 ,access of the 
,national ,academies of ,sciences1      
,engineering1 and ,medicine to          
information from the ,department of     
,defense and the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general     
,upon request by the ,national          
,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1  
and ,medicine 7in this section referred 
to as the ,academies71 the ,secretary of
 ,defense shall provide to the          
,academies such information in the      
possession of the ,department of        
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall provide to the          
,academies such information in the      
possession of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs as the ,academies    

determine useful in performing a covered
 study4 ,such information includes1 at a
 minimum1 all environmental sampling    
data relative to any location included  
in the study4  7b7 ,covered study       
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered study includes-- 7#a7 the study 
conducted under section #b2 and  7#b7   
any subsequent study or any study       
conducted by the ,academies regarding   
the effects of exposure of humans to    
toxic substances at ,karshi ,khanabad   
,air ,base1 ,uzbekistan1 at any time    
during the period beginning ,october #a1
 #bjja1 and ending ,december #ca1 #bjje4