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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1518 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical 

services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at 

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at 

Camp Lejeune. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2009 

Mr. BURR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital 

care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans 

who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 

while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune. 

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 ‘‘Caring for Camp 

5 Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HOSPITAL CARE, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURS2 ING HOME CARE FOR VETERANS STATIONED 

3 AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, 

4 WHILE THE WATER WAS CONTAMINATED AT 

5 CAMP LEJEUNE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1710(e)(1) of title 38, 

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(F) Subject to paragraph (2), a veteran who, as a 

10 member of the Armed Forces, was stationed at Camp 

11 Lejeune, North Carolina, during a period, determined by 

12 the Secretary in consultation with the Agency for Toxic 

13 Substances and Disease Registry, in which the water at 

14 Camp Lejeune was contaminated by volatile organic com15 pounds, including known human carcinogens and probable 

16 human carcinogens, is eligible for hospital care, medical 

17 services, and nursing home care under subsection 

18 (a)(2)(F) for any illness, notwithstanding that there is in19 sufficient medical evidence to conclude that such illness 

20 is attributable to such contamination.’’. 

21 (b) FAMILY MEMBERS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VIII of chapter 

23 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 

24 adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1786. Health care of family members of veterans 

2 stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Caro3 lina, while the water was contaminated 

4 at Camp Lejeune 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A family member of a veteran 

6 described in subparagraph (F) of section 1710(e)(1) of 

7 this title who resided at Camp Lejeune during the period 

8 described in such subparagraph or who was in utero dur9 ing such period while the mother of such family member 

10 resided at such location shall be eligible for hospital care, 

11 medical services, and nursing home care furnished by the 

12 Secretary for any condition, or any disability that is asso13 ciated with such condition, that is associated with expo14 sure to the contaminants in the water at Camp Lejeune 

15 during such period. 

16 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 

17 regulations that specify which— 

18 ‘‘(1) conditions are associated with exposure to 

19 the contaminants described in subsection (a); and 

20 ‘‘(2) disabilities are associated with such condi21 tions.’’. 

22 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec23 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

24 by inserting after the item relating to section 1785 

25 the following new item: 


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‘‘1786. Health care of family members of veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, 

North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp 

Lejeune.’’. 

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