I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5339 
To establish a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associ-
ated with exposure to certain toxins at the Pentagon Reservation during 
certain period beginning on September 11, 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. SUBRAMANYAM (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. SCOTT 
of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish a presumption of service connection for certain 
diseases associated with exposure to certain toxins at 
the Pentagon Reservation during certain period begin-
ning on September 11, 2001. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Susan E. Lukas 9/ 
11 Servicemember Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CER-
TAIN DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPO-
SURE TO CERTAIN TOXINS AT THE PEN-
TAGON RESERVATION DURING CERTAIN PE-
RIOD BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 
Subchapter II of chapter 11 of title 38, United States 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section (and conforming the table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 1120A. Presumption of service connection for cer-
tain diseases associated with exposure to 
toxins at Pentagon Reservation during 
certain period beginning on September 
11, 2001 
‘‘(a) PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION.—For 
the purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject to 
section 1113 of this title, a disease specified in subsection 
(b) becoming manifest in a covered veteran shall be con-
sidered to have been incurred in or aggravated during ac-
tive military, naval, air, or space service, notwithstanding 
that there is no record of evidence of such disease during 
the period of such service. 
‘‘(b) DISEASES SPECIFIED.—The diseases specified 
in this subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) Asthma. 
‘‘(2) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
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‘‘(3) Emphysema. 
‘‘(4) Tracheomalacia. 
‘‘(5) Cancer of any type. 
‘‘(6) A cadiovascular disease of any type. 
‘‘(7) A skin disease of any type. 
‘‘(8) A respiratory disease of any type. 
‘‘(9) Any other illness or condition for which 
the Secretary determines, pursuant to regulations 
prescribed under subchapter VII that a presumption 
of service connection is warranted based on a posi-
tive association with a substance, chemical, or air-
borne hazard identified in the list under section 
1119(b)(2) of this title. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered veteran’ means any vet-
eran who, during the period beginning on September 
11, 2001, and ending on November 19, 2001, per-
formed active military, naval, air, or space service 
while assigned to a duty station at the Pentagon 
Reservation. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Pentagon Reservation’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2674 of title 
10.’’. 
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