S.Amdt. 4301
What it does: Adds SEC. 1084. HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED IN UTERO TO CONTAMINATED WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA at the end of subtitle I of title X
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)What it changes
1 change to S. 2766 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1084. HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED IN UTERO TO CONTAMINATED WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA at the end of subtitle I of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 2766 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(5) the risk assessment prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to accompany the Quadrennial Defense Review should be comprehensive and should include a description of the capabilities needed to address the risks identified in that assessment.
Inserted: SEC. 1084. HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED IN UTERO TO CONTAMINATED WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.
Inserted: (a) Eligibility for Benefits.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide each individual described in subsection (b) with such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by such individual for any health problem, condition, or disability that is associated with the exposure of such individual as described in that subsection.
Inserted: (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this subsection is any individual, as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Agency for Toxic Substances, who was exposed in utero to water contaminated with toxic chemicals at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Inserted: (c) Authority for Care To Be Provided Directly or By Contract.--The Secretary may provide health care under this section directly or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider.
Inserted: (d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights or obligations of any person or entity, including the Federal Government, under any other law.
Inserted: (e) Notice on Exposure.--
Inserted: (1) Notice required.--The Commandant of the Marine Corps shall, upon completion of the report by the Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry on human exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, take appropriate actions to notify each person who may have been exposed to such drinking water of such exposure.
Inserted: (2) Elements.--The notice provided under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) A description of the events resulting in exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
Inserted: (B) A description of the duration and extent of the contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
Inserted: (C) The known and suspected health effects of exposure to the contaminants in the contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
Inserted: (D) A description of sources of additional information on--
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Inserted: (i) the contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune; and
Inserted: (ii) the known and suspected health effects of exposure to the contaminants in such drinking water.
Inserted: (f) Health Care Defined.--In this section, the term "health care" has the meaning given that term in section 1803(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:
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SA 4301. Mrs. DOLE (for herself and Mr. Jeffords) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1084. HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED IN UTERO TO CONTAMINATED WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.
(a) Eligibility for Benefits.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide each individual described in subsection (b) with such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by such individual for any health problem, condition, or disability that is associated with the exposure of such individual as described in that subsection.
(b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this subsection is any individual, as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Agency for Toxic Substances, who was exposed in utero to water contaminated with toxic chemicals at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
(c) Authority for Care To Be Provided Directly or By Contract.--The Secretary may provide health care under this section directly or by contract or other arrangement with a health care provider.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights or obligations of any person or entity, including the Federal Government, under any other law.
(e) Notice on Exposure.--
(1) Notice required.--The Commandant of the Marine Corps shall, upon completion of the report by the Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry on human exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, take appropriate actions to notify each person who may have been exposed to such drinking water of such exposure.
(2) Elements.--The notice provided under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of the events resulting in exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
(B) A description of the duration and extent of the contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
(C) The known and suspected health effects of exposure to the contaminants in the contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
(D) A description of sources of additional information on--
(i) the contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune; and
(ii) the known and suspected health effects of exposure to the contaminants in such drinking water.
(f) Health Care Defined.--In this section, the term “health care” has the meaning given that term in section 1803(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 16, 2006