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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3237 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3237

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                                 AN ACT

 
 To amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to ensure claimants are 
    adequately informed regarding filing a Federal cause of action.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patriot Bill of Rights''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS TO VETERANS BRINGING 
              FEDERAL CAUSE OF ACTION RELATING TO WATER AT CAMP 
              LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

    (a) In General.--The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 U.S.C. 
2671 note prec.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Acknowledgments.--
            ``(1) Guidance and advice services.--A veteran, or the 
        legal representative of a veteran, bringing a cause of action 
        under subsection (b) shall sign a written acknowledgment, 
        provided by the attorney, indicating that the veteran or legal 
        representative bringing the action understands that the veteran 
        or legal representative may seek guidance and advice on any 
        disability awards, payments, or benefits, in addition to and 
        separate from rights provided under this Act, to which the 
        veteran may be entitled under any program of the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs, free of charge from--
                    ``(A) organizations recognized under section 5902 
                of title 38, United States Code;
                    ``(B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
                    ``(C) the congressional representatives of the 
                individual or legal representative.
            ``(2) Application to pending matters.--For any cause of 
        action brought under subsection (b) that is pending on the date 
        of enactment of this subsection, not later than 90 days after 
        such date of enactment, the veteran bringing the action, the 
        legal representative of the veteran, or the attorney for the 
        veteran or legal representative, as applicable, shall file the 
        acknowledgments described in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Severability.--If any provision of the amendment made by 
subsection (a), or the application of such a provision to any person or 
circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remaining provisions 
of the amendment made by subsection (a), the other provisions of the 
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note prec.), and the 
application of the provision of the amendment made by subsection (a) 
held to be unconstitutional to any other person or circumstance shall 
not be affected thereby.

            Passed the Senate June 4, 2024.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3237

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to ensure claimants are 
    adequately informed regarding filing a Federal cause of action.
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