SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES 
AT ATSUGI NAVAL AIR FACILITY, JAPAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of the Advisory 
Board established under section 3 is to consider and study 
cases of exposure of current and former members of the 
Armed Forces and their dependants to potential environ-
mental hazards at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan, dur-
ing the period beginning in 1983, as determined by the 
Advisory Board, in which the air, water, or soil at Atsugi 
Naval Air Facility was contaminated due to an inciner-
ator. The Advisory Board shall evaluate claims related to 
hazardous environmental exposures at such Air Facility 
that are submitted to the Advisory Board by members of 
the Armed Forces, veterans, dependants of members of 
the Armed Forces and veterans, veterans advocacy groups, 
and officials of the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs with responsibility or experi-
ence monitoring the health of current and former members 
of the Armed Forces. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF EXPOSURE CLAIMS.—Not 
later than 180 days after receiving such a claim, the Advi-
sory Board shall consider the claim and take one of the 
following actions: 
(1) If the Advisory Board determines that fur-
ther consideration of the claim is necessary to ade-
quately assess the extent of exposure, the Advisory 
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Board shall convene a science review panel under 
subsection (c) to make such assessment and report 
its findings to the Advisory Board. 
(2) If the Advisory Board determines that the 
extent of exposure is insufficient to warrant further 
consideration of the claim, the Advisory Board shall 
make a recommendation of such finding to the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
(3) If the Advisory Board determines that dur-
ing the time period covered by such claim, members 
of the Armed Forces and their dependants were ex-
posed to sufficient amounts of environmental haz-
ards to warrant health care or compensation, the 
Advisory Board shall submit to the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a report 
that includes the following: 
(A) Recommendations that— 
(i) such members should receive— 
(I) health care benefits through 
the Department of Defense specifi-
cally designed to address such expo-
sure, as determined by the Secretary 
of Defense; or 
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(II) veterans health care or com-
pensation specifically designed to ad-
dress such exposure; and 
(ii) dependants of such members 
should receive health care benefits through 
the Department of Defense specifically de-
signed to address such exposure, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, or fi-
nancial compensation, or both. 
(B) Information on cost and attributable 
exposure, as defined in regulations prescribed 
pursuant to this Act. 
(c) SCIENCE ADVISORY PANELS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Advisory Board 
may convene a science advisory panel to assist in the 
consideration of a claim under this section. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—A science advisory panel 
convened under this subsection shall consist of seven 
scientists who— 
(A) have backgrounds in environmental ex-
posure or environmental exposure assessments, 
health monitoring, or other relevant fields; and 
(B) are not officials or employees of the 
Federal Government. 
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(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 
Advisory Board shall select from among the mem-
bership of a science advisory panel an individual to 
serve as Chairperson of the panel. The individual so 
selected shall serve a one-year term as Chairperson 
of the panel. 
(4) CONSIDERATION
OF
MILITARY
EXPOSURE 
CLAIMS.—Not later than 180 days after requested 
by the Advisory Board to review a claim, a science 
advisory panel shall submit a report to the Advisory 
Board with one of the following recommendations: 
(A) A recommendation that there is insuf-
ficient exposure to warrant further consider-
ation of the claim. 
(B) A recommendation that further study 
of the claim is necessary, to be carried out by, 
or under the direction of, the science advisory 
panel in coordination with the Advisory Board. 
(C) A recommendation that, during the 
time period covered by such claim, members of 
the Armed Forces and their dependants were 
exposed to a sufficient risk of exposure to envi-
ronmental hazards to warrant compensation or 
health care. 
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(d) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—The Advisory Board 
and each science advisory panel convened by the Advisory 
Board under subsection (c) are authorized to require by 
subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses nec-
essary to consider hazardous environmental exposure 
cases under this section. 
(e) COOPERATION
OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
head of each relevant Federal agency, including the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
cooperate fully with the Advisory Board and each science 
advisory panel convened by the Advisory Board under sub-
section (c) for purposes of considering hazardous environ-
mental exposure cases under this section. 
(f) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding section 14 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the 
Advisory Board shall terminate on the date that is 12 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CERTAIN INDIVID-
UALS 
AT 
ATSUGI 
NAVAL 
AIR 
FACILITY, 
JAPAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, shall establish procedures for identifying and com-
piling a list of individuals exposed to environmental haz-
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