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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8545 

To amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to make technical 

corrections. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2024 

Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. ROSS, Ms. MANNING, Mr. DAVIS of North 

Carolina, Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HUDSON, 

Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. EDWARDS, and Mr. HUNT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to make 

technical corrections. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Camp Lejeune Justice 

5 Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE CAMP LEJEUNE 

7 JUSTICE ACT OF 2022 . 

8 Section 804 of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 

9 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘in the United 

2 States District Court for the Eastern District of 

3 North Carolina’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The party filing an action 

8 under this section shall be entitled to appropriate re9 lief upon showing— 

10 ‘‘(A) the existence of one or more relation11 ships between the water at Camp Lejeune and 

12 the type of harm suffered by the individual; and 

13 ‘‘(B) that the individual was present at 

14 Camp Lejeune for a period of not less than 30 

15 days (whether or not consecutive).’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

17 water at Camp Lejeune and the harm’’ and in18 serting ‘‘any water at Camp Lejeune and the 

19 type of harm’’; 

20 (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(d) EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE.—The 

23 United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

24 North Carolina shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue 

25 for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings and 


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1 resolution over any action filed under subsection (b), and 

2 a party filing the action may transfer such action to any 

3 United States district court situated within the United 

4 States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for trial 

5 of such action. Any action against the United States under 

6 subsection (b) shall, at the request of either party to such 

7 action, be tried by the court with a jury. The court shall 

8 advance an action filed under subsection (b) on the docket, 

9 and expedite the disposition of such action to the greatest 

10 extent possible.’’; 

11 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘latent dis12 ease’’ and inserting ‘‘latent harm’’; 

13 (5) in subsection (j)(1), by striking ‘‘before the 

14 date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘be15 fore, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act’’; 

16 and 

17 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(k) ATTORNEY FEES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The total amount of attor20 neys fees under this section shall be in an amount 

21 that is equal to— 

22 ‘‘(A) 20 percent of any settlement entered 

23 into before a civil action under subsection (b) is 

24 commenced; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) 25 percent of any judgement ren2 dered or settlement entered into after a civil ac3 tion under subsection (b) is commenced. 

4 ‘‘(2) DIVISION OF FEES.—A division of a fee 

5 under paragraph (1) between attorneys who are not 

6 in the same firm may be made only if the division 

7 is in proportion to the services performed by each 

8 attorney.’’. 

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