Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5339 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5339

 To establish a presumption of service connection for certain diseases 
associated with exposure to certain toxins at the Pentagon Reservation 
         during certain period beginning on September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2025

Mr. Subramanyam (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Wittman, and Mr. Scott of 
  Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a presumption of service connection for certain diseases 
associated with exposure to certain toxins at the Pentagon Reservation 
         during certain period beginning on September 11, 2001.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember 
Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES 
              ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN TOXINS AT THE 
              PENTAGON RESERVATION DURING CERTAIN PERIOD BEGINNING ON 
              SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

    Subchapter II of chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming 
the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly):
``Sec. 1120A. Presumption of service connection for certain diseases 
              associated with exposure to toxins at Pentagon 
              Reservation during certain period beginning on September 
              11, 2001
    ``(a) Presumption of Service Connection.--For the purposes of 
section 1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of this title, 
a disease specified in subsection (b) becoming manifest in a covered 
veteran shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated 
during active military, naval, air, or space service, notwithstanding 
that there is no record of evidence of such disease during the period 
of such service.
    ``(b) Diseases Specified.--The diseases specified in this 
subsection are the following:
            ``(1) Asthma.
            ``(2) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
            ``(3) Emphysema.
            ``(4) Tracheomalacia.
            ``(5) Cancer of any type.
            ``(6) A cadiovascular disease of any type.
            ``(7) A skin disease of any type.
            ``(8) A respiratory disease of any type.
            ``(9) Any other illness or condition for which the 
        Secretary determines, pursuant to regulations prescribed under 
        subchapter VII that a presumption of service connection is 
        warranted based on a positive association with a substance, 
        chemical, or airborne hazard identified in the list under 
        section 1119(b)(2) of this title.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered veteran' means any veteran who, 
        during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending 
        on November 19, 2001, performed active military, naval, air, or 
        space service while assigned to a duty station at the Pentagon 
        Reservation.
            ``(2) The term `Pentagon Reservation' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 2674 of title 10.''.
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