,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #deed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ah1      
#bjbf,mrs4 ,gillibrand introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 to improve access to     
workers' compensation for civilian      
,federal employees exposed to toxic burn
 pits1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,kenya ,merritt ,renewing our       
,promise to ,address ,chemical ,toxicity
 ,act of #bjbf or the ,renewing our     
,,pact ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,certain     
diseases deemed to be proximately caused
 by employment for ,federal employees   
exposed to toxic burn pits  7a7         
,establishment of presumption           
,subchapter ,i of chapter #ha of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by
 inserting after section #hadc;b the    
following3  #hadc;c4 ,employees exposed 

to burn pits and toxic hazards in       
foreign contingency operations  7a7     
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,contingency operation ,the term        
contingency operation has the meaning   
given the term in section #aja of title 
#aj4  7#b7 ,eligible employee ,the term 
eligible employee means an employee of  
the ,department of ,justice1 the        
,department of ,state1 the ,department  
of ,defense1 the ,department of         
,homeland ,security1 the ,department of 
the ,treasury1 the ,department of       
,commerce1 the ,department of           
,agriculture1 or an element of the      
intelligence community1 or a ,federal   
law enforcement officer1 who1 on or     
after ,august #b1 #aiij1 carried out the
 job responsibilities of that employee  
for not fewer than #cj total days in a  
country or territory while the ,united  
,states was conducting a contingency    
operation in that country or territory4 
7#c7 ,federal law enforcement officer   
,the term ,federal law enforcement      

officer has the meaning given the term  
in section #b of the ,law ,enforcement  
,congressional ,badge of ,bravery ,act  
of #bjjh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ejcja74  7#d7  
,intelligence community ,the term       
intelligence community has the meaning  
given the term in section #c of the     
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc74  7b7 ,presumption of  
employment connection for certain       
diseases associated with exposure to    
burn pits and other toxins ,for a claim 
under this subchapter of disability or  
death of an eligible employee1 a disease
 specified on the list established under
 subsection 7c71 as updated under that  
subsection1 shall be deemed to have been
 incurred in or aggravated during the   
employment of that eligible employee1   
notwithstanding that there is no record 
of evidence of such disease during the  
period of such employment4  7c7 ,list of
 diseases deemed proximately caused by  
employment  7#a7 ,establishment of      
initial list ,there is established under

 this section a list of diseases that   
aligns with the diseases specified in   
section #aabj7;b7 of title #ch1         
including all diseases with respect to  
which the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs prescribed regulations in the  
manner described in paragraph 7#ae7 of  
such section #aabj7;b7 before the date  
of enactment of this section4  7#b7     
,additions to list  7,a7 ,limitation ,on
 and after the date of enactment of this
 section1 a disease may not be added to 
the list established under paragraph    
7#a7 unless the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs adds that disease to the list  
under section #aabj7;b7 of title #ch    
pursuant to regulations described in    
paragraph 7#ae7 of such section         
#aabj7;b74  7,b7 ,application ,not later
 than #ij days after the date that the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs        
finalizes regulations described in      
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary of    
,labor shall1 by direct final rule1 add 
the same disease to the list established

 under paragraph 7#a74  7#c7            
,maintenance by ,secretary of ,labor    
,the ,secretary of ,labor shall maintain
 the list established and updated under 
this subsection4  4  7b7 ,clerical      
amendment ,the table of sections for    
subchapter ,i of chapter #ha of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by
 inserting after the item relating to   
section #hadc;b the following3 #hadc;c4 
,employees exposed to burn pits and     
toxic hazards in foreign contingency    
operations44  7c7 ,application ,the     
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to a claim for compensation filed 
on or after the date of enactment of    
this ,act4  7d7 ,report on              
implementation ,not later than #a year  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,labor shall    
submit to the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate and the ,committee on       
,education and ,workforce of the ,house 
of ,representatives a report on the     

progress of implementing this ,act and  
the amendments made by this ,act1       
including the number of individuals who 
are eligible employees1 as defined in   
section #hadc;c7a7 of title #e1 ,united 
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a7 of this section4