1.This Act may be cited as the
Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act
of 2011
.
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)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.
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(b)
(1)Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
1787.Health care of family members of veterans
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at
Camp Lejeune
(a)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)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.
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(2)The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1786
the following new item:
1787. Health care of
family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the
water was contaminated at Camp
Lejeune.
.
1.This Act may be cited as the
Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of
2011.
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)Section 1710(e)(1) 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)
(1)Subchapter VIII of chapter 17 is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
1787.Health care of family members of veterans
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at
Camp Lejeune
(a)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)The
Secretary may only furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home
care under subsection (a) to the extent and in the amount provided in advance
in appropriations Acts for such purpose.
(c)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)The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1786
the following new item:
1787. 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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(c)Reimbursement by
Secretary of DefenseSection 8111 is amended—
(1)by redesignating
subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and
(2)by inserting after
subsection (e) the following new subsection (f):
(f)(1)The Secretary of
Defense shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
under subsection (a) to reimburse the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, from
amounts appropriated to the Secretary of Defense, for the costs of all hospital
care, medical services, and nursing home care provided under sections
1710(e)(1)(F) and 1787 of this title.
(2)Costs
described in paragraph (1) shall include reasonable and customary charges
associated with oversight and administration of the care and services described
in such paragraph.
(3)The
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use the authority provided under section 1781
of this title, or such other existing discretionary authorities as the
Secretary considers appropriate, to arrange for care and services described in
paragraph
(1).
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(d)
(1)The provisions of this section and the amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2012.
(2)Subparagraph
(F) of section 1710(e)(1) of such title, as added by subsection (a), and
section 1787 of such title, as added by subsection (b), shall apply with
respect to hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care provided on
or after October 1, 2012.
3.Merger and consolidation
of defense commissary and exchange systems
(a)
(1)Commencing in fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of Defense
shall merge and consolidate the system of commissary stores and the system of
exchange stores operated under chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code,
into a single world-wide system of commissary stores and exchange stores in
order to achieve a single system of stores that operates on a self-sufficient
basis without the need for financial support through appropriated funds by not
later than September 30, 2015.
(2)Section 2481 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(A)in subsection (a)—
(i)by striking
Separate
systems.—
and inserting In general.—
;
and
(ii)by striking a
world-wide system
and all that follows through The stores of
each system
and inserting a single world-wide system of
commissary stores and exchanges stores. The stores of such
system
;
(B)in subsection (b)—
(i)by striking
Purpose of
systems.—
and inserting Purpose of system.—
;
and
(ii)by striking
commissary system and the exchange system
and inserting
commissary and exchange system
;
(C)in subsection (c)—
(i)in paragraph (1), by
striking both the defense commissary system and the exchange
system
and inserting the commissary and exchange system
;
and
(ii)in paragraph (2), by
striking exchange systems
and all that follows and inserting
exchange system.
;
(D)by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(E)by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):
(d)Construction of
referencesAny reference in this subchapter to a commissary store
shall be deemed to be a reference to a store operated under the single system
of commissary stores and exchange stores required by subsection (a). Any
reference in this subchapter to the defense commissary system shall be deemed
to be a reference to such system of commissary stores and exchange
stores.
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(3)Construction of
provisionsThis subsection and the amendments made by this
subsection are intended as a specific authorization by Act of Congress for the
consolidation and merger of the system of commissary stores and the system of
exchange stores operated and maintained by the Department of Defense under
chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code, within the meaning of section
2487(b) of such title.
(4)Prohibition on use of
appropriated funds after fiscal year 2015Notwithstanding any
provision of chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code, or any other
provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense may not be obligated or expended for or in connection
with the system of commissary stores and exchange stores operated by the
Department of Defense under that chapter on or after October 1, 2015.
(b)Sections 2487 and 2488 of title 10, United States Code,
are repealed.
(c)
(1)The heading of section 2481 of such title is amended to
read as follows:
2481.Commissary and
exchange system: existence and
purpose
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(2)The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of
chapter 147 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section
2481 and inserting the following new item:
2481. Commissary and exchange system: existence
and
purpose.
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(3)The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of
such chapter 147 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 2486 and
2487.
(d)This section and the amendments made by this section shall
take effect on October, 1, 2012.
August 1, 2011
Reported with an amendment