S.Amdt. 1184

SA 1184. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms.
Hassan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
1092 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) and
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations
for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON TOXIC EXPOSURES EXPERIENCED BY VETERANS
DURING ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE
SERVICE IN KOSOVO.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives a report consisting of an analysis
of data of suspected and known toxic exposures experienced by
veterans during active military, naval, air, or space service
in Kosovo and whether a presumption--
(1) of service connection for one or more conditions
relating to such toxic exposures should be established under
subchapter VII of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code;
or
(2) of toxic exposure should be established for such
service under section 1119 of such title.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``active
military, naval, air, or space service'', ``service-
connected'', `` toxic exposure'', and `` veteran'' have the
meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 38, United
States Code.
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