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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2601 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress regularly 
of reported cases of burn pit exposure by veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2021 
Mr. RYAN
(for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. KELLY
of Mississippi, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. VELA, Mrs. HAYES, and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Con-
gress regularly of reported cases of burn pit exposure 
by veterans, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘SFC Heath Robinson 
Burn Pit Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS REGARDING RE-
PORTED CASES OF BURN PIT EXPOSURE. 
(a) QUARTERLY NOTIFICATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—On a quarterly basis, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on each 
reported case of burn pit exposure by a covered vet-
eran reported during the previous quarter. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to each re-
ported case of burn pit exposure of a covered vet-
eran included in the report, the following: 
(A) Notice of the case, including the med-
ical facility at which the case was reported. 
(B) Notice of, as available— 
(i) the enrollment status of the cov-
ered veteran with respect to the patient en-
rollment system of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs under section 1705(a) of title 
38, United States Code; 
(ii) a summary of all health care visits 
by the covered veteran at the medical facil-
ity at which the case was reported that are 
related to the case; 
(iii) the demographics of the covered 
veteran, including age, sex, and race; 
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(iv) any non-Department of Veterans 
Affairs health care benefits that the cov-
ered veteran receives; 
(v) the Armed Force in which the cov-
ered veteran served and the rank of the 
covered veteran; 
(vi) the period in which the covered 
veteran served; 
(vii) each location of an open burn pit 
from which the covered veteran was ex-
posed to toxic airborne chemicals and 
fumes during such service; 
(viii) the medical diagnoses of the cov-
ered veteran and the treatment provided to 
the veteran; and 
(ix) whether the covered veteran is 
registered in the Airborne Hazards and 
Open Burn Pit Registry. 
(3) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the reports submitted under 
paragraph (1) do not include the identity of covered 
veterans or contain other personally identifiable 
data. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON CASES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
in collaboration with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report detailing the following: 
(A) The total number of covered veterans. 
(B) The total number of claims for dis-
ability compensation under chapter 11 of title 
38, United States Code, approved and the total 
number denied by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs with respect to a covered veteran, and for 
each such denial, the rationale of the denial. 
(C) A comprehensive list of— 
(i) the conditions for which covered 
veterans seek treatment; and 
(ii) the locations of the open burn pits 
from which the covered veterans were ex-
posed to toxic airborne chemicals and 
fumes. 
(D) Identification of any illnesses relating 
to exposure to open burn pits that formed the 
basis for the Secretary to award benefits, in-
cluding entitlement to service connection or an 
increase in disability rating. 
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