[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1518 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1518

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, 
medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed 
 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at 
                             Camp Lejeune.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2009

   Mr. Burr introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, 
medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed 
 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at 
                             Camp Lejeune.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING HOME CARE FOR 
              VETERANS STATIONED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE 
              THE WATER WAS CONTAMINATED AT CAMP LEJEUNE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1710(e)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(F) Subject to paragraph (2), a veteran who, as a member of the 
Armed Forces, was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a 
period, determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, in which the water at Camp 
Lejeune was contaminated by volatile organic compounds, including known 
human carcinogens and probable human carcinogens, is eligible for 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care under subsection 
(a)(2)(F) for any illness, notwithstanding that there is insufficient 
medical evidence to conclude that such illness is attributable to such 
contamination.''.
    (b) Family Members.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new section:
``Sec. 1786. Health care of family members of veterans stationed at 
              Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was 
              contaminated at Camp Lejeune
    ``(a) In General.--A family member of a veteran described in 
subparagraph (F) of section 1710(e)(1) of this title who resided at 
Camp Lejeune during the period described in such subparagraph or who 
was in utero during such period while the mother of such family member 
resided at such location shall be eligible for hospital care, medical 
services, and nursing home care furnished by the Secretary for any 
condition, or any disability that is associated with such condition, 
that is associated with exposure to the contaminants in the water at 
Camp Lejeune during such period.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that 
specify which--
            ``(1) conditions are associated with exposure to the 
        contaminants described in subsection (a); and
            ``(2) disabilities are associated with such conditions.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 1785 the following new item:

``1786. Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp 
                            Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water 
                            was contaminated at Camp Lejeune.''.
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