Last progress July 9, 2025 (5 months ago)
Introduced on July 9, 2025 by Jacklyn Sheryl Rosen
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This bill aims to help service members, veterans, and some Defense Department civilians who were exposed to toxic substances. It expands the military’s exposure record (called ILER) to track all toxic exposures and related medical info, and makes that data available to VA doctors and benefits staff when members leave the service . It presumes that Defense personnel who worked at certain Department of Energy sites were exposed to toxins, so they don’t have to prove it later . It also labels the Nevada Test and Training Range as a contamination site, requires the Air Force to identify people stationed there since January 27, 1951, and eases proof for those individuals . For VA claims, certain activities at covered Nevada locations are treated like radiation-risk work, exposure is presumed for those assigned there (including in the airspace), and some conditions—like lipomas and tumor-related conditions—are presumed service-connected for affected veterans .
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