[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 529 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 529

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the commencement date 
     of the period of service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for 
 eligibility for hospital care and medical services in connection with 
        exposure to contaminated water, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2013

     Mr. Burr (for himself, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Rubio) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the commencement date 
     of the period of service at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for 
 eligibility for hospital care and medical services in connection with 
        exposure to contaminated water, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF PERIOD OF SERVICE AT 
              CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR 
              HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH 
              EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED WATER.

    (a) Modification.--Section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``January 1, 1957,'' and inserting 
``August 1, 1953 (or such earlier date for the commencement of exposure 
to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune as the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, shall 
specify),''.
    (b) Publication.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish 
in the Federal Register a notice of any earlier date for the 
commencement of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina, for purposes of section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, as amended 
by subsection (a).
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