To require the Secretary of Defense to declassify certain documents related to incidents in which members of the Armed Forces were exposed to toxic substances.

SA 601. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1088. DECLASSIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF
CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF EXPOSURE OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall declassify
documents related to any known incident in which not fewer
than 100 members of the Armed Forces were exposed to a toxic
substance that resulted in at least one case of a disability
that a member of the medical profession has determined to be
associated with that toxic substance.
(b) Limitation.--The declassification required by
subsection (a) shall be limited to information necessary for
an individual who was potentially exposed to a toxic
substance to determine the following:
(1) Whether that individual was exposed to that toxic
substance.
(2) The potential severity of the exposure of that
individual to that toxic substance.
(3) Any potential health conditions that may have resulted
from exposure to that toxic substance.
(c) Exception.--The Secretary of Defense is not required to
declassify documents under subsection (a) if the Secretary
determines that declassification of those documents would
materially and immediately threaten the security of the
United States.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Armed forces.--The term ``Armed Forces'' has the
meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, United
States Code.
(2) Exposed.--The term ``exposed'' means, with respect to a
toxic substance, that an individual came into contact with
that toxic substance in a manner that could be hazardous to
the health of that individual, that may include if that toxic
substance was inhaled, ingested, or touched the skin or eyes.
(3) Exposure.--The term ``exposure'' means, with respect to
a toxic substance, an event during which an individual was
exposed to that toxic substance.
(4) Toxic substance.--The term ``toxic substance'' means
any substance determined by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency to be harmful to the
environment or hazardous to the health of an individual if
inhaled or ingested by or absorbed through the skin of that
individual.
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