[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 124 (Monday, July 21, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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