,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hede  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjbd,mr4  
,murphy 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,ms4  
,manning1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north         
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,jackson of ,north      
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,mr4 ,hudson1  
,ms4 ,lee of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,mc,henry1  
,mr4 ,edwards1 and ,mr4 ,hunt7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,camp ,lejeune ,justice ,act of #bjbb to
 make technical corrections4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,camp ,lejeune ,justice ,act of #bjbd4  
#b4 ,technical corrections to the ,camp 
,lejeune ,justice ,act of #bjbb ,section
 #hjd of the ,camp ,lejeune ,justice    
,act of #bjbb 7#bh ,u4,s4,c4 #bfga note7
 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by
 striking in the ,united ,states        
,district ,court for the ,eastern       
,district of ,north ,carolina2  7#b7 in 
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by amending       

paragraph 7#a7 to read as follows3  7#a7
 ,in general ,the party filing an action
 under this section shall be entitled to
 appropriate relief upon showing-- 7,a7 
the existence of one or more            
relationships between the water at ,camp
 ,lejeune and the type of harm suffered 
by the individual2 and  7,b7 that the   
individual was present at ,camp ,lejeune
 for a period of not less than #cj days 
7whether or not consecutive74  2 and    
7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking the 
water at ,camp ,lejeune and the harm and
 inserting any water at ,camp ,lejeune  
and the type of harm2  7#c7 by amending 
subsection 7d7 to read as follows3  7d7 
,exclusive jurisdiction and venue ,the  
,united ,states ,district ,court for the
 ,eastern ,district of ,north ,carolina 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction and   
venue for coordinated or consolidated   
pretrial proceedings and resolution over
 any action filed under subsection 7b71 
and a party filing the action may       
transfer such action to any ,united     

,states district court situated within  
the ,united ,states ,court of ,appeals  
for the ,fourth ,circuit for trial of   
such action4 ,any action against the    
,united ,states under subsection 7b7    
shall1 at the request of either party to
 such action1 be tried by the court with
 a jury4 ,the court shall advance an    
action filed under subsection 7b7 on the
 docket1 and expedite the disposition of
 such action to the greatest extent     
possible4  2  7#d7 in subsection        
7e77#a71 by striking latent disease and 
inserting latent harm2  7#e7 in         
subsection 7j77#a71 by striking before  
the date of enactment of this ,act and  
inserting before1 on1 or after the date 
of enactment of this ,act2 and  7#f7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7k7   
,attorney fees  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
total amount of attorneys fees under    
this section shall be in an amount that 
is equal to-- 7,a7 #bj percent of any   
settlement entered into before a civil  
action under subsection 7b7 is          

commenced2 or  7,b7 #be percent of any  
judgement rendered or settlement entered
 into after a civil action under        
subsection 7b7 is commenced4  7#b7      
,division of fees ,a division of a fee  
under paragraph 7#a7 between attorneys  
who are not in the same firm may be made
 only if the division is in proportion  
to the services performed by each       
attorney4  4