[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4059. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CLASSIFICATION OF NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE AS 
                   LOCATION WHERE CONTAMINATION OCCURRED AND 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WERE EXPOSED TO 
                   TOXIC SUBSTANCES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall classify 
     the Nevada Test and Training Range as a location where 
     contamination occurred.
       (b) Identification Process.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     establish a process to identify members of the Armed Forces 
     and former members of the Armed Forces that were stationed at 
     the Nevada Test and Training Range since January 27, 1951.
       (2) Documentation.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     establish a process to permit members of the Armed Forces and 
     former members of the Armed Forces to provide documentation 
     or evidence of their assignment within the Nevada Test and 
     Training Range to assist the Secretary in identifying those 
     members and former members under paragraph (1).
       (3) Efforts.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall make all 
     efforts to identify individuals described in paragraph (1) 
     and shall not require members of the Armed Forces or former 
     members of the Armed Forces to submit evidence of their 
     stationing.
       (c) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     process to identify members and former members of the Armed 
     Forces who are or have been stationed at a covered location.
       (d) 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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