(II) veterans health care or com-
pensation specifically designed to ad-
dress such exposure; and 
(ii) dependents 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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ards at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan, during the pe-
riod beginning in 1983, as determined by the Secretaries, 
in which the air, water, or soil at Atsugi Naval Air Facility 
were contaminated due to an incinerator. The list may in-
clude individuals who were exposed to such hazards as 
fetuses in utero. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE.—Individuals 
included on the list compiled under subsection (a) shall 
be immediately eligible for health care as follows: 
(1) Dependents shall be eligible for health care 
benefits through the Department of Defense, as de-
termined by the Secretary of Defense, for any condi-
tion, or any disability that is associated with such 
condition, that is associated with exposure to the 
contaminants in the air from an incinerator at 
Atsugi Naval Air Facility. 
(2) Current and former members of the Armed 
Forces shall be eligible to receive one of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Health care benefits through the De-
partment of Defense specifically designed to ad-
dress such exposure, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
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(B) Health care benefits through the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs specifically de-
signed to address such exposure. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
compiling the list required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 
the compilation of such list. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) the evidence considered in selecting the 
covered period of air contamination at Atsugi 
Naval Air Facility; and 
(B) the criteria used to determine whether 
an individual was exposed to a contaminant 
during the covered period and the rationale for 
using those criteria. 
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
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the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the Committee 
on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report on health care and other benefits 
provided under this Act. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the classes of individuals 
who have received health care and other benefits 
under this Act during the reporting period. 
(2) A description of the health care benefits 
that have been provided to such individuals. 
(3) A description of the procedures used to 
identify individuals exposed to environmental haz-
ards at Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan. 
(4) Recommendations for any additional legisla-
tion necessary to implement this Act. 
SEC. 6. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall jointly prescribe regulations to carry 
out the provisions of this Act, including guidelines regard-
ing health conditions and symptoms that may be attrib-
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uted to hazardous environmental exposures at Atsugi 
Naval Air Facility, Japan. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
Æ 
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