S.Amdt. 2961

SA 2961. 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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. PRESUMPTION OF EXPOSURE TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES FOR
CERTAIN MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.

(a) In General.--Members and former members of the Armed
Forces who are or have been stationed at a covered location
shall be presumed to have been exposed to toxic substances.
(b) Covered Location Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered location'' means--
(1) any facility on the most recent list of facilities
covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.)
published in the Federal Register by the Department of
Energy; or
(2) any location that is data masked or classified by the
Department of Defense and where there is or was potential
exposure to toxic substances, including from the use of burn
pits to dispose of waste.
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