S.Amdt. 1756

SA 1756. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2021 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following

SEC. ____. EXPANSION OF OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY OF DEPARTMENT
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE OPEN BURN PITS
USED IN SYRIA AND EGYPT.

Section 201(c)(2) of the Dignified Burial and Other
Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-
260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended, in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``or Iraq'' and inserting ``,
Iraq, Syria, or Egypt''.
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