Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 907 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 907 To amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to make technical corrections. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 6, 2025 Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 to make technical corrections. 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 ``Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE CAMP LEJEUNE JUSTICE ACT OF 2022. Section 804 of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note prec.) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking ``in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina''; and (B) by inserting ``, including a latent or potential harm,'' after ``appropriate relief for harm''; (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: ``(c) Burdens and Standard of Proof.-- ``(1) In general.--The party filing an action under this section shall be entitled to appropriate relief upon showing-- ``(A) the existence of 1 or more relationships between the type of contaminant in any water at Camp Lejeune and the type of harm suffered by the individual, including latent or potential harm; and ``(B) that the individual was present at Camp Lejeune for a period of not less than 30 days, whether or not consecutive. ``(2) Evidentiary standards.--To meet the burden of proof described in paragraph (1), a party shall produce evidence showing that the relationship between exposure to any level of contaminants of a type