section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, the National Center shall submit 
a copy of a report submitted under subpara-
graph (A) to such organization. 
(2) 
QUARTERLY
REPORT
TO
ADVISORY 
BOARD.—Not less frequently than quarterly, the Na-
tional Center shall submit to the Advisory Board a 
report on the functions of the National Center dur-
ing the quarter preceding the submittal of the report 
that includes the following: 
(A) A summary of the research efforts of 
the National Center during such quarter. 
(B) A description of any determinations 
made by the National Center pursuant to such 
research efforts regarding whether health condi-
tions of descendants of individuals exposed to 
toxic substances while serving as members of 
the Armed Forces are related to that exposure. 
SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall establish an advisory board (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Board’’) to oversee 
and assess the National Center established under section 
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3 and to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with re-
spect to the work of the National Center. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Direc-
tor of the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences, and other heads of Federal agen-
cies as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines 
appropriate— 
(A) shall select not less than 13 voting 
members of the Advisory Board, of whom— 
(i) not less than three shall be mem-
bers of organizations exempt from taxation 
under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; 
(ii) not less than one shall be— 
(I) a descendant of an individual 
who was exposed to toxic substances 
while serving as a member of the 
Armed Forces and the descendant has 
manifested a structural or functional 
birth defect or a health condition that 
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is related to the exposure of such indi-
vidual to such toxic substance; or 
(II) a parent, child, or grandchild 
of that descendant; 
(iii) not less than six shall be health 
professionals, scientists, or academics who 
are not employees of the Federal Govern-
ment and have expertise in— 
(I) birth defects; 
(II) developmental disabilities; 
(III) epigenetics; 
(IV) public health; 
(V) the science of environmental 
exposure or environmental exposure 
assessment; 
(VI) the science of toxic sub-
stances; or 
(VII) medical and research eth-
ics; and 
(iv) additional members may be se-
lected from among social workers and ad-
vocates for veterans or members of the 
Armed Forces who are not employees of 
the Federal Government; and 
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(B) may select nonvoting members from 
among individuals described in clause (iii) or 
(iv) of subparagraph (A) who are employees of 
the Federal Government. 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall select 
a Chairperson from among the members of the Advi-
sory Board. 
(3) TERMS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 
Advisory Board shall serve a term of two or 
three years as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—At the end of the 
term of a member of the Advisory Board, the 
Secretary may reselect the member for another 
term, except that no member may serve more 
than four consecutive terms. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Advisory Board shall— 
(1) oversee and assess the work of the National 
Center; 
(2) not less frequently than quarterly, meet 
with the director or another representative of the 
National Center on the work conducted at the Na-
tional Center, including the research efforts of the 
National Center; 
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(3) review the annual report submitted by the 
National Center to Congress and the Advisory Board 
under section 3(e)(1); and 
(4) advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
on— 
(A) issues related to the research con-
ducted at the National Center; 
(B) health conditions of descendants of in-
dividuals exposed to toxic substances while serv-
ing as members of the Armed Forces that are 
related to the exposure of such individual to 
such toxic substance; 
(C) health care services that are needed by 
the descendants of individuals exposed to toxic 
substances while serving as members of the 
Armed Forces for health conditions that are re-
lated to the exposure of such individual to such 
toxic substance; and 
(D) any determinations or recommenda-
tions that the Advisory Board may have with 
respect to the feasibility and advisability of the 
Department providing health care services de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) to descendants de-
scribed in such subparagraph, including a de-
scription of changes to existing policy. 
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(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the establishment of the Advisory Board under 
subsection (a), and not less frequently than once 
each year thereafter, the Advisory Board shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives, and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs a report on the recommendations of 
the Advisory Board. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include recommendations for ad-
ministrative or legislative action, including rec-
ommendations for further research by the National 
Center, with respect to each health condition of a 
descendant of an individual exposed to a toxic sub-
stance while serving as a member of the Armed 
Forces for which the National Center has made one 
of the following determinations in conducting re-
search under section 3(b): 
(A) The health condition is related to the 
exposure of such individual to such toxic sub-
stance. 
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