,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aa1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,subramanyam 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 and ,mr4    
,scott of ,virginia7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a presumption  
of service connection for certain       
diseases associated with exposure to    
certain toxins at the ,pentagon         
,reservation during certain period      
beginning on ,september #aa1 #bjja4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,susan ,e4 ,lukas #i_/aa           
,servicemember ,fairness ,act4  #b4     
,presumption of service connection for  
certain diseases associated with        
exposure to certain toxins at the       
,pentagon ,reservation during certain   
period beginning on ,september #aa1     
#bjja ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #aa of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code is    
amended by adding at the end the        

following new section 7and conforming   
the table of sections at the beginning  
of such chapter accordingly73  #aabj;,a4
 ,presumption of service connection for 
certain diseases associated with        
exposure to toxins at ,pentagon         
,reservation during certain period      
beginning on ,september #aa1 #bjja  7a7 
,presumption of service connection ,for 
the purposes of section #aaaj of this   
title1 and subject to section #aaac of  
this title1 a disease specified in      
subsection 7b7 becoming manifest in a   
covered veteran shall be considered to  
have been incurred in or aggravated     
during active military1 naval1 air1 or  
space service1 notwithstanding that     
there is no record of evidence of such  
disease during the period of such       
service4  7b7 ,diseases specified ,the  
diseases specified in this subsection   
are the following3  7#a7 ,asthma4  7#b7 
,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease4 
7#c7 ,emphysema4  7#d7 ,tracheomalacia4 
7#e7 ,cancer of any type4  7#f7 ,a      

cadiovascular disease of any type4  7#g7
 ,a skin disease of any type4  7#h7 ,a  
respiratory disease of any type4  7#i7  
,any other illness or condition for     
which the ,secretary determines1        
pursuant to regulations prescribed under
 subchapter ,,vii that a presumption of 
service connection is warranted based on
 a positive association with a          
substance1 chemical1 or airborne hazard 
identified in the list under section    
#aaai7;b77#b7 of this title4  7c7       
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,the term covered veteran means any     
veteran who1 during the period beginning
 on ,september #aa1 #bjja1 and ending on
 ,november #ai1 #bjja1 performed active 
military1 naval1 air1 or space service  
while assigned to a duty station at the 
,pentagon ,reservation4  7#b7 ,the term 
,pentagon ,reservation has the meaning  
given such term in section #bfgd of     
title #aj4  4