S.Amdt. 2951

SA 2951. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. 10__. TREATMENT AS RADIATION-RISK ACTIVITIES BY
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

Section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B) by adding at the end the following
new clause:
``(viii) At any time on or after January 27, 1951, onsite
participation in any aspect of the development, construction,
operation, or maintenance of a military installation (as
defined in section 2801 of title 10) at a covered location at
the Nevada Test and Training Range.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) The term `covered location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range' means a location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range, Nevada, where there was a potential of toxic
exposure.''.

SEC. 10__. PRESUMPTIONS OF TOXIC EXPOSURE BY DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.

Section 1119(c) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before subsection (B), as so redesignated,
the following:
``(A) on or after January 27, 1951, performed active
military, naval, air, or space service while assigned to a
duty station in, including airspace above, a covered location
at the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada;''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) The term `covered location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range' means a location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range, Nevada, where there was a potential of toxic
exposure.''.

SEC. 10__. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION BY DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.

Section 1120(b) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following new
paragraph:

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``(15) Only in the case of a covered veteran described in
section 1119(c)(1)(A), lipomas and tumor related
conditions.''.
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