[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2940-S2941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5855. Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mrs. 
Blackburn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 358. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AS LOCATIONS 
                   WHERE CONTAMINATION OCCURRED AND MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES WERE EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall classify 
     the following locations as a location where contamination 
     occurred:
       (1) On and after January 27, 1951, the Nevada Test and 
     Training Range, including the

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     Nevada National Security Site (as such site is defined on May 
     19, 2026).
       (2) 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 Secretary of Energy.
       (b) Identification Process.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     process to identify members of the Armed Forces and former 
     members of the Armed Forces that were stationed at a facility 
     specified in subsection (a).
       (2) Documentation.--The Secretary of Defense 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 at a facility specified in 
     subsection (a) to assist the Secretary in identifying those 
     members and former members under paragraph (1).
       (3) Efforts.--The Secretary of Defense 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) Sharing of Information.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     share with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs all information 
     and documentation gathered under subsection (b) in order to 
     provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with adequate 
     documentation of the service of members of the Armed Forces 
     and former members of the Armed Forces at facilities 
     specified in subsection (a) and any injuries, exposures, or 
     illnesses related to such service, for the purpose of 
     establishing any claim for benefits under the laws 
     administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to which 
     such members and former members are legally entitled.
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