,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #i1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself and ,ms4  
,cortez ,masto7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,veterans'        
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to expand         
presumptions of exposure by members of  
the ,armed ,forces to toxic substances1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fighting for the ,overlooked           
,recognition of ,groups ,operating in   
,toxic ,test ,environments in ,nevada   
7,,forgotten7 ,veterans ,act of #bjbe4  
#b4 ,expansion of ,individual           
,longitudinal ,exposure ,record to      
include information relating to toxic   
exposures  7a7 ,all exposures ,the      
,secretary of ,defense shall expand the 
,individual ,longitudinal ,exposure     
,record 7in this section referred to as 
the ,,iler7 to document all toxic       
exposures of members of the ,armed      

,forces1 including those that occur     
within the ,united ,states1 so it can be
 available for the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs when such members    
transition to civilian life1 including  
information relating to the following3  
7#a7 ,all-hazard occupational data4     
7#b7 ,environmental hazards that were   
known or found later to which the member
 was exposed1 including through         
conducting any monitoring in an area in 
which the member may have been exposed4 
7b7 ,medical information ,the ,secretary
 of ,defense shall expand the ,,iler to 
include the following medical           
information of members of the ,armed    
,forces so it can be available for the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs when   
such members transition to civilian     
life3 7#a7 ,medical encounter           
information relating to toxic exposures 
7such as diagnosis1 treatment1 and      
laboratory data74  7#b7 ,medical        
concerns that should be addressed       
regarding possible toxic exposures4  7c7

 ,availability to certain professionals 
,the ,secretary of ,defense and the     
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
ensure that the ,,iler is available1 for
 purposes of improving internal         
processes1 to the following3 7#a7       
,health care providers of the           
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7#b7
 ,epidemiologists and researchers of the
 ,department of ,defense and the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7#c7
 ,disability evaluation and benefits    
determinations specialists of the       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7d7 
,inclusion in service records  7#a7 ,in 
general ,the ,secretary of ,defense     
shall document in the service records of
 a member of the ,armed ,forces whether 
such member served at a location where  
there was a potential of toxic exposure4
  7#b7 ,protection of classified        
information ,in carrying out paragraph  
7#a71 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
ensure that service at any location that

 is classified is protected from        
disclosure and may contain simply a box 
to be checked to indicate that a member 
of the ,armed ,forces served at a       
location where there was a potential of 
toxic exposure4  #c4 ,presumption of    
exposure for members of the ,armed      
,forces and civilian employees of the   
,department of ,defense at ,department  
of ,energy facilities  7a7 ,in general  
,members of the ,armed ,forces and      
civilian employees of the ,department of
 ,defense who are or have been stationed
 or employed at a covered facility shall
 be presumed to have been exposed to    
toxic substances4  7b7 ,covered facility
 defined ,the term covered facility     
means any facility on the most recent   
list of facilities covered under the    
,energy ,employees ,occupational        
,illness ,compensation ,program ,act of 
#bjjj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gchd et seq47     
published in the ,federal ,register by  
the ,department of ,energy4  #d4        
,classification of ,nevada test and     

training range as location where        
contamination occurred and members of   
the ,armed ,forces were exposed to toxic
 substances  7a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary of ,defense shall classify   
the ,nevada ,test and ,training ,range  
as a location where contamination       
occurred4  7b7 ,identification process  
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of the 
,air ,force shall establish a process to
 identify members of the ,armed ,forces 
and former members of the ,armed ,forces
 that were stationed at the ,nevada     
,test and ,training ,range since        
,january #bg1 #aiea4  7#b7              
,documentation ,the ,secretary of the   
,air ,force shall establish a process to
 permit members of the ,armed ,forces   
and former members of the ,armed ,forces
 to provide documentation or evidence of
 their assignment within the ,nevada    
,test and ,training ,range to assist the
 ,secretary in identifying those members
 and former members under paragraph     
7#a74  7#c7 ,efforts ,the ,secretary of 

the ,air ,force shall make all efforts  
to identify individuals described in    
paragraph 7#a7 and shall not require    
members of the ,armed ,forces or former 
members of the ,armed ,forces to submit 
evidence of their stationing4  #e4      
,treatment as radiation-risk activities 
by ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
,section #aaab7;c77#c7 of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subparagraph 7,b7 by adding at the  
end the following new clause3  7viii7   
,at any time on or after ,january #bg1  
#aiea1 onsite participation in any      
aspect of the development1 construction1
 operation1 or maintenance of a military
 installation 7as defined in section    
#bhja of title #aj7 at a covered        
location at the ,nevada ,test and       
,training ,range4  2 and  7#b7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraph3  7,c7 ,the term covered   
location at the ,nevada ,test and       
,training ,range means a location at the
 ,nevada ,test and ,training ,range1    

,nevada1 where there was a potential of 
toxic exposure4  4  #f4 ,presumptions of
 toxic exposure by ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs ,section #aaai7;c7 of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 
by redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7 and 
7,b7 as subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c71    
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
before subsection 7,b71 as so           
redesignated1 the following3  7,a7 on or
 after ,january #bg1 #aiea1 performed   
active military1 naval1 air1 or space   
service while assigned to a duty station
 in1 including airspace above1 a covered
 location at the ,nevada ,test and      
,training ,range1 ,nevada2  2 and  7#b7 
by adding at the end the following new  
paragraph3  7#d7 ,the term covered      
location at the ,nevada ,test and       
,training ,range means a location at the
 ,nevada ,test and ,training ,range1    
,nevada1 where there was a potential of 
toxic exposure4  4  #g4 ,presumption of 
service connection by ,department of    

,veterans ,affairs ,section #aabj7;b7 of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraph 7#ae7 as paragraph 7#af72 and 
7#b7 by inserting after paragraph 7#ad7 
the following new paragraph3  7#ae7     
,only in the case of a covered veteran  
described in section #aaai7;c77#a77;,a71
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