Burn Pit Registry Expansion Act
This bill expands the scope of the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry of the Department of Veterans Affairs by including burn pits located in Egypt and Syria under the definition of open burn pits. The registry allows certain veterans and service members to document their exposures and report health concerns related to exposure to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits (areas used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) while serving in certain locations.
To expand the scope of the Department of Veterans Affairs open burn pit 
                               registry.

    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 ``Burn Pit Registry Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPEN BURN 
              PIT REGISTRY TO INCLUDE OPEN BURN PITS IN EGYPT AND 
              SYRIA.

    Section 201(c)(2) of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' 
Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 
note) is amended, in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 
``or Iraq'' and inserting ``, Iraq, Egypt, or Syria''.
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Burn Pit Registry Expansion Act
To expand the scope of the Department of Veterans Affairs open burn pit registry.
Burn Pit Registry Expansion Act
Rep. Ruiz, Raul