[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 334. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. INFORMATION REGARDING CLAIMS RELATING TO WATER AT 
                   CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

       The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note 
     prec.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(k) Acknowledgments.--
       ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
     `administrative claim' means an administrative action 
     relating to an action under subsection (b) (as described in 
     section 2675 of title 28, United States Code).
       ``(2) Claims assistance.--An individual, the legal 
     representative of an individual, or (if applicable) the 
     attorney for the individual or legal representative bringing 
     an administrative claim shall file with the Secretary of the 
     Navy a written acknowledgment signed by the individual, legal 
     representative, or attorney indicating that the individual or 
     legal representative understands--
       ``(A) the alternative sources of assistance with respect to 
     claims under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs available, free of charge, from organizations 
     recognized under section 5902 of title 38, United States 
     Code;
       ``(B) that the individual or legal representative may seek 
     claims assistance from the congressional representatives of 
     the individual or legal representative; and
       ``(C) that the individual or legal representative may seek 
     claims assistance from the Tort Claims Unit of the Department 
     of the Navy.
       ``(3) Other required acknowledgments.--An attorney 
     representing an individual or the legal representative of an 
     individual in an administrative claim shall file with the 
     Secretary of the Navy a written acknowledgment signed by the 
     individual or legal representative indicating that the 
     individual or legal representative understands--
       ``(A) that the individual or legal representative is not 
     required to be represented by an attorney to file an 
     administrative claim; and
       ``(B) the attorney's fee arrangement regarding 
     representation in the administrative claim, which shall 
     include an acknowledgment of whether the fee arrangement is 
     one under which the total amount of the fee payable to the 
     attorney is--
       ``(i) to be paid to the attorney by the claimant, 
     subsequent to the allocation of the award; or
       ``(ii) contingent on whether the matter is resolved in a 
     manner favorable to the claimant.
       ``(4) Application to pending matters.--For any 
     administrative claim that is pending on the date of enactment 
     of this subsection, not later than 90 days after such date of 
     enactment, the individual bringing the administrative claim, 
     the legal representative of the individual, or the attorney 
     for the individual or legal representative, as applicable, 
     shall file the acknowledgments described in paragraphs (2) 
     and (3).''.
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