# 119-s-2220: Fighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans Act of 2025

119-s-2220, Fighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2220
- Congress: 119
- Title: Fighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-07-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-25

## Summary

**Expanded exposure records and exposure presumptions** would document more toxic and radiation exposures for service members, VA staff, and veterans and create a focused pathway for those tied to the Nevada Test and Training Range. - Service members, veterans, and health staff: Would require the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record to capture all toxic exposures, monitoring data, and related medical encounters and make that data available to DoD and VA clinicians, researchers, and benefits specialists. - VA civilian employees and those at DOE-covered sites: Would create a presumption of exposure for Armed Forces members and VA civilian employees stationed or employed at facilities on the Department of Energy list under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. - Nevada Test and Training Range personnel: Would direct the Secretary of Defense to classify the NTTR as a location where contamination occurred and require the Air Force to identify and document all current and former members stationed there since January 27, 1951. - VA benefit rules: Would add NTTR service to the list of radiation-risk activities and allow lipomas and tumor-related conditions to be service-connected for covered veterans.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More VA help for NTTR veterans: benefit, high. If enacted, this would expand VA exposure rules tied to the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). It would treat service at or onsite work for a covered NTTR location on or after January 27, 1951 as a presumed exposure. It would also add lipomas and tumor-related conditions to the list of conditio…
- Expanded military toxic exposure records: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Defense Department to expand the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) to track all toxic exposures, including those inside the United States. The ILER would include occupational and environmental hazard data, monitoring results, and medical encounter informatio…
- Presumed exposure for DOE facility workers: benefit, medium. If passed, this would create a presumption of toxic exposure for Armed Forces members and DoD civilian employees who served or worked at any facility on the most recent Department of Energy EEOICPA covered-facilities list. The bill would rely on the DOE-published list in the Federal Register to ide…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2220 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2220)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-237)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2220 (as of 2026-09-25).