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Union Calendar No. 460 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1769 

[Report No. 114–592, Part I] 

To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for 

research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the 

descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in 

the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish an 

advisory board on such health conditions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2015 

Mr. BENISHEK (for himself, Mr. HONDA, and Ms. ESTY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

MAY 24, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. YODER, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LATTA, Ms. 

DUCKWORTH, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Ohio, Mr. ROSS, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. ROTHFUS, Ms. FRANKEL

of Florida, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. RANGEL, 

Mr. KATKO, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. 

LOWEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. TED LIEU of 

California, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. LEE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. COLLINS of New 

York, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. RUSH, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. THOMPSON of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. NEAL, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. 

BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 

KIND, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 


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MCKINLEY, Mr. KILMER, Mr. WALZ, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. WALBERG, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 

MOULTON, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MENG, Mr. JONES, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 

FORTENBERRY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. 

BISHOP of Utah, Mr. COLE, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

ASHFORD, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LANCE, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 

RIGELL, Mr. DENT, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. TONKO, Ms. CLARKE of 

New York, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. YOHO, Mr. CLAWSON of 

Florida, Mr. HANNA, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 

MEEHAN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. EDWARDS, Mrs. WAGNER, 

Mr. TROTT, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

SMITH of Texas, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. NUGENT, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 

SERRANO, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, 

Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. HILL, Mr. BEYER, Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. REED, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. 

JEFFRIES, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. CARTER of 

Georgia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS

of Illinois, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GRAYSON, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. JOYCE, 

Mr. VELA, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 

FORBES, Mr. STEWART, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. MICA, Mr. 

SALMON, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. 

BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 

EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. HARPER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. BONAMICI, 

Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. BLUM, Mr. 

GARRETT, Mr. WALDEN, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, and Mr. YOUNG of 

Alaska 


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MAY 24, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

MAY 24, 2016 

The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 14, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment 

of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed 

Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish 

an advisory board on such health conditions, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Toxic Exposure Research 

5 Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ARMED FORCE.—The term ‘‘Armed Force’’ 

9 means the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 

10 Air Force, or Coast Guard, including the reserve com11 ponents thereof. 

12 (2) DESCENDANT.—The term ‘‘descendant’’ 

13 means, with respect to an individual, the biological 

14 child or grandchild of that individual. 

15 (3) EXPOSED.—The term ‘‘exposed’’ means, with 

16 respect to a toxic substance, that an individual came 

17 into contact with that toxic substance in a manner 

18 that could be hazardous to the health of that indi19 vidual, that may include if that toxic substance was 

20 inhaled, ingested, or touched the skin or eyes. 

21 (4) EXPOSURE.—The term ‘‘exposure’’ means, 

22 with respect to a toxic substance, an event during 

23 which an individual was exposed to that toxic sub24 stance. 


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1 (5) TOXIC SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘‘toxic sub2 stance’’ means any substance determined by the Ad3 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

4 to be harmful to the environment or hazardous to the 

5 health of an individual if inhaled or ingested by or 

6 absorbed through the skin of that individual. 

7 (6) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

8 meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, 

9 United States Code. 

10 SEC. 3. NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON THE DIAG11 NOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEALTH CONDI12 TIONS OF THE DESCENDANTS OF INDIVID13 UALS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES DUR14 ING SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES THAT 

15 ARE RELATED TO SUCH SERVICE. 

16 (a) NATIONAL CENTER.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

19 Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation with the Advi20 sory Board established under section 4, select a med21 ical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 

22 serve as the national center for research on the diag23 nosis and treatment of health conditions of descend24 ants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while 

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1 lated to such exposure (in this Act referred to as the 

2 ‘‘National Center’’). 

3 (2) CRITERIA FOR SELECTION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The National Center 

5 shall be selected under paragraph (1) from 

6 among medical centers of the Department with 

7 expertise described in subparagraph (B), or that 

8 are affiliated with research medical centers or 

9 teaching hospitals with such expertise, that seek 

10 to be selected under this section. 

11 (B) EXPERTISE DESCRIBED.—The expertise 

12 described in this subparagraph is— 

13 (i) expertise in diagnosing and treat14 ing functional and structural birth defects; 

15 or 

16 (ii) expertise in caring for individuals 

17 exposed to toxic substances and diagnosing 

18 and treating any health conditions resulting 

19 from such exposure. 

20 (C) PREFERENCE.—Preference for selection 

21 under paragraph (1) shall be given to medical 

22 centers of the Department with expertise de23 scribed in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 

24 (B), or that are affiliated with research medical 

25 centers or teaching hospitals with such expertise. 


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1 (b) RESEARCH.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The National Center shall 

3 conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of 

4 health conditions of descendants of individuals ex5 posed to toxic substances while serving as members of 

6 the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure. 

7 (2) STUDIES.—In conducting research under 

8 paragraph (1), the National Center shall study indi9 viduals, at the election of the individual, for whom 

10 the Secretary has made one of the following deter11 minations: 

12 (A)(i) The individual is a descendant of an 

13 individual who served as a member of the Armed 

14 Forces; 

15 (ii) such member was exposed to a toxic 

16 substance while serving as a member of the 

17 Armed Forces; and 

18 (iii) such descendant is afflicted with a 

19 health condition that is related to the exposure of 

20 such member to such toxic substance. 

21 (B)(i) The individual was exposed to a 

22 toxic substance while serving as a member of the 

23 Armed Forces; and 


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1 (ii) such individual is afflicted with a 

2 health condition that is related to the exposure of 

3 such individual to such toxic substance. 

4 (3) USE OF RECORDS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

6 or the head of a Federal agency shall make 

7 available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 

8 review records held by the Department of De9 fense, an Armed Force, or that Federal agency, 

10 as appropriate, that might assist the Secretary of 

11 Veterans Affairs in making the determinations 

12 required by paragraph (2). 

13 (B) MECHANISM.—The Secretary of Vet14 erans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense or the 

15 head of the appropriate Federal agency shall 

16 jointly establish a mechanism for the availability 

17 and review of records by the Secretary of Vet18 erans Affairs under subparagraph (A). 

19 (c) SOCIAL WORKERS.—The National Center shall em20 ploy not less than one licensed clinical social worker to co21 ordinate access of individuals to appropriate Federal, 

22 State, and local social and healthcare programs and to han23 dle case management. 

24 (d) REIMBURSEMENT FOR NECESSARY TRAVEL AND

25 ROOM AND BOARD.—The National Center shall reimburse 


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1 any individual participating in a study pursuant to sub2 section (b), and any parent, guardian, spouse, or sibling 

3 who accompanies such individual, for the reasonable cost 

4 of— 

5 (1) travel to the National Center for participa6 tion in such study; and 

7 (2) room and board during the period in which 

8 such individual is participating in such study at the 

9 National Center. 

10 (e) REPORTS.— 

11 (1) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

13 annually, the National Center shall submit to 

14 Congress and the Advisory Board established 

15 under section 4 a report on the functions of the 

16 National Center during the year preceding the 

17 submittal of the report that includes a summary 

18 of the research efforts of the National Center that 

19 have been completed during such year and that 

20 are ongoing as of the date of the submittal of the 

21 report. 

22 (B) UPON REQUEST.—Upon the request of 

23 any organization exempt from taxation under 

24 section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code 

25 of 1986, the National Center shall submit a copy 


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1 of a report submitted under subparagraph (A) to 

2 such organization. 

3 (2) QUARTERLY REPORT TO ADVISORY BOARD.— 

4 Not less frequently than quarterly, the National Cen5 ter shall submit to the Advisory Board a report on the 

6 functions of the National Center during the quarter 

7 preceding the submittal of the report that includes the 

8 following: 

9 (A) A summary of the research efforts of the 

10 National Center during such quarter. 

11 (B) A description of any determinations 

12 made by the National Center pursuant to such 

13 research efforts regarding whether health condi14 tions of descendants of individuals exposed to 

15 toxic substances while serving as members of the 

16 Armed Forces are related to that exposure. 

17 SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet20 erans Affairs shall establish an advisory board (in this sec21 tion referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Board’’) to oversee and 

22 assess the National Center established under section 3 and 

23 to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to 

24 the work of the National Center. 

25 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 


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1 (1) COMPOSITION.—Not later than 120 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 

4 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Direc5 tor of the National Institute of Environmental Health 

6 Sciences, and other heads of Federal agencies as the 

7 Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines appro8 priate— 

9 (A) shall select not less than 13 voting 

10 members of the Advisory Board, of whom— 

11 (i) not less than three shall be members 

12 of organizations exempt from taxation 

13 under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal 

14 Revenue Code of 1986; 

15 (ii) not less than one shall be— 

16 (I) a descendant of an individual 

17 who was exposed to toxic substances 

18 while serving as a member of the 

19 Armed Forces and the descendant has 

20 manifested a structural or functional 

21 birth defect or a health condition that 

22 is related to the exposure of such indi23 vidual to such toxic substance; or 

24 (II) a parent or child of that de25 scendant; 


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1 (iii) not less than six shall be health 

2 professionals, scientists, or academics who 

3 are not employees of the Federal Govern4 ment and have expertise in— 

5 (I) birth defects; 

6 (II) developmental disabilities; 

7 (III) epigenetics; 

8 (IV) public health; 

9 (V) the science of environmental 

10 exposure or environmental exposure as11 sessment; 

12 (VI) the science of toxic sub13 stances; or 

14 (VII) medical and research ethics; 

15 and 

16 (iv) additional members may be se17 lected from among social workers and advo18 cates for veterans or members of the Armed 

19 Forces who are not employees of the Federal 

20 Government; and 

21 (B) may select nonvoting members from 

22 among individuals described in clause (iii) or 

23 (iv) of subparagraph (A) who are employees of 

24 the Federal Government. 


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1 (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall select a 

2 Chairperson from among the members of the Advisory 

3 Board. 

4 (3) TERMS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Ad6 visory Board shall serve a term of two or three 

7 years as determined by the Secretary. 

8 (B) REAPPOINTMENT.—At the end of the 

9 term of a member of the Advisory Board, the 

10 Secretary may reselect the member for another 

11 term, except that no member may serve more 

12 than four consecutive terms. 

13 (c) DUTIES.—The Advisory Board shall— 

14 (1) oversee and assess the work of the National 

15 Center; 

16 (2) not less frequently than quarterly, meet with 

17 the director or another representative of the National 

18 Center on the work conducted at the National Center, 

19 including the research efforts of the National Center; 

20 (3) review the annual report submitted by the 

21 National Center to Congress and the Advisory Board 

22 under section 3(e)(1); and 

23 (4) advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on— 

24 (A) issues related to the research conducted 

25 at the National Center; 


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1 (B) health conditions of descendants of indi2 viduals exposed to toxic substances while serving 

3 as members of the Armed Forces that are related 

4 to the exposure of such individual to such toxic 

5 substance; 

6 (C) health care services that are needed by 

7 the descendants of individuals exposed to toxic 

8 substances while serving as members of the 

9 Armed Forces for health conditions that are re10 lated to the exposure of such individual to such 

11 toxic substance; and 

12 (D) any determinations or recommenda13 tions that the Advisory Board may have with re14 spect to the feasibility and advisability of the 

15 Department providing health care services de16 scribed in subparagraph (C) to descendants de17 scribed in such subparagraph, including a de18 scription of changes to existing policy. 

19 (d) REPORT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

21 the establishment of the Advisory Board under sub22 section (a), and not less frequently than once each 

23 year thereafter, the Advisory Board shall submit to 

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1 resentatives, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a 

2 report on the recommendations of the Advisory Board. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 

4 paragraph (1) shall include recommendations for ad5 ministrative or legislative action, including rec6 ommendations for further research by the National 

7 Center, with respect to each health condition of a de8 scendant of an individual exposed to a toxic substance 

9 while serving as a member of the Armed Forces for 

10 which the National Center has made one of the fol11 lowing determinations in conducting research under 

12 section 3(b): 

13 (A) The health condition is related to the 

14 exposure of such individual to such toxic sub15 stance. 

16 (B) It is unclear whether the health condi17 tion is related to the exposure of such individual 

18 to such toxic substance. 

19 (C) The health condition is not related to 

20 the exposure of such individual to such toxic sub21 stance. 

22 (e) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Board shall meet at the 

23 call of the Chair, but not less frequently than quarterly. 

24 (f) COMPENSATION.—The members of the Advisory 

25 Board shall serve without compensation. 


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1 (g) EXPENSES.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

2 shall determine the appropriate expenses of the Advisory 

3 Board. 

4 (h) PERSONNEL.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson may, with6 out regard to the civil service laws and regulations, 

7 appoint an executive director of the Advisory Board, 

8 who shall be a civilian employee of the Department 

9 of Veterans Affairs, and such other personnel as may 

10 be necessary to enable the Advisory Board to perform 

11 its duties. 

12 (2) APPROVAL.—The appointment of an execu13 tive director under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 

14 approval by the Advisory Board. 

15 (3) COMPENSATION.—The Chairperson may fix 

16 the compensation of the executive director and other 

17 personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 

18 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, except that the rate of pay for the execu20 tive director and other personnel may not exceed the 

21 rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 

22 under section 5316 of such title. 


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1 SEC. 5. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW BY DEPARTMENT OF 

2 DEFENSE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF EXPO3 SURE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 

4 TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES. 

5 (a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 

6 a declassification review to determine what information 

7 may be made publicly available relating to any known inci8 dent in which not less than 100 members of the Armed 

9 Forces were exposed to a toxic substance that resulted in 

10 at least one case of a disability that a specialist in the field 

11 of occupational medicine has determined to be credibly asso12 ciated with that toxic substance. 

13 (b) RELEASE OF DECLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—To 

14 the extent practicable, and subject to subsection (c) and con15 sistent with national security, the Secretary of Defense shall 

16 make publicly available information declassified following 

17 the review required by subsection (a). 

18 (c) LIMITATION.—Information made publicly avail19 able pursuant to subsection (b) shall be limited to informa20 tion necessary for an individual who was potentially ex21 posed to a toxic substance to determine the following: 

22 (1) Whether that individual was exposed to that 

23 toxic substance. 

24 (2) The potential severity of the exposure of that 

25 individual to that toxic substance. 


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1 (3) Any potential health conditions that may 

2 have resulted from exposure to that toxic substance. 

3 SEC. 6. NATIONAL OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ON POTENTIAL 

4 LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE 

5 TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES BY MEMBERS OF THE 

6 ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

8 shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services and the Secretary of Defense, conduct a 

10 national outreach and education campaign directed toward 

11 members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their family 

12 members to communicate the following information: 

13 (1) Information on— 

14 (A) incidents of exposure of members of the 

15 Armed Forces to toxic substances; 

16 (B) health conditions resulting from such 

17 exposure; and 

18 (C) the potential long-term effects of such 

19 exposure on the individuals exposed to those sub20 stances and the descendants of those individuals. 

21 (2) Information on the National Center estab22 lished under section 3 for individuals eligible to par23 ticipate in studies conducted at the National Center. 

24 (b) DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—In car25 rying out this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 


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1 shall design and implement the national outreach and edu2 cation campaign conducted under subsection (a), includ3 ing— 

4 (1) by distributing printed materials containing 

5 the information described in subsection (a) to vet6 erans; 

7 (2) by publishing such information on an Inter8 net website of the Department of Veterans Affairs that 

9 is available to the public; 

10 (3) by presenting such information in person at 

11 facilities that serve a large number of veterans or 

12 members of the Armed Forces; and 

13 (4) by educating employees of all medical facili14 ties of the Department with respect to such informa15 tion and providing such employees with printed ma16 terials containing such information. 

17 (c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of De18 fense shall assist the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in imple19 menting the national outreach and education campaign 

20 conducted under subsection (a)— 

21 (1) by making the information described in sub22 section (a) available to all members of the Armed 

23 Forces and their families; 

24 (2) by notifying all members of the Armed Forces 

25 of such information; and 


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1 (3) by publishing such information on an Inter2 net website of the Department of Defense that is avail3 able to the public. 

4 (d) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV5 ICES.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

6 assist the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in implementing the 

7 national outreach and education campaign conducted 

8 under subsection (a)— 

9 (1) by making the information described in sub10 section (a) available to members of the health care 

11 profession; 

12 (2) by notifying such members of such informa13 tion; and 

14 (3) by publishing such information on an Inter15 net website of the Department of Health and Human 

16 Services that is available to the public. 

17 SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON NEW APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated 

19 to carry out this Act and this Act shall be carried out using 

20 amounts otherwise made available for the purposes of this 

21 Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 460 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1769 

[Report No. 114–592, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs 

purposes. board on such health conditions, and for other lated to that exposure, to establish an advisory during service in the Armed Forces that are rescendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances and treatment of health conditions of the dea national center for research on the diagnosis 

MAY 24, 2016 

Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with 

M

an amendment 

AY 24, 2016 

The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 


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