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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5915

Introduced

K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2025

Sponsor
DStephen F. Lynch· Massachusetts
Introduced
November 4, 2025
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.November 4, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5915 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5915

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish additional 
presumptions of service connection for certain diseases that occur in 
veterans who suffered toxic exposure while serving at Karshi Khanabad 
Air Base, Uzbekistan.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 4, 2025

Mr. Lynch (for himself and Ms. Bynum) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish additional 
presumptions of service connection for certain diseases that occur in 
veterans who suffered toxic exposure while serving at Karshi Khanabad 
Air Base, Uzbekistan.

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 ``K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR CERTAIN DISEASES THAT 
OCCUR IN VETERANS WHO SERVED AT KARSHI KHANABAD AIR BASE, 
UZBEKISTAN.

Section 1120(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
(2) by inserting, after paragraph (14), the following new 
paragraph (15):
``(15) In the case of a veteran who served at Karshi 
Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, the following diseases, in 
addition to diseases specified in other paragraphs of this 
subsection:
``(A) Any cancer.
``(B) Any thyroid disease.
``(C) Any bone disease.
``(D) Any cardiovascular disease.
``(E) Any skin disease.
``(F) Any neurological disease.
``(G) Any reproductive disease.
``(H) Any respiratory disease.
``(I) Any endocrine disease.
``(J) Any liver disease.
``(K) Any kidney disease.
``(L) Any blood disorder.
``(M) Primary immune regulatory disorders.
``(N) Medically unexplained chronic multisymptom 
illness.
``(O) Cataracts.''.
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