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kind: "diff"
citation: "S. 3237"
bill: "118-s-3237"
heading: "Patriot Bill of Rights"
from: "is"
from_label: "Introduced in Senate"
to: "es"
to_label: "Engrossed in Senate"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/118/s/3237/changes/es"
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# S. 3237 — what changed

S. 3237, Patriot Bill of Rights — 1 section amended between Introduced in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 2 Information regarding veterans’ benefits to veterans bringing Federal cause of action relating to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

- (a) In general— The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note prec.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
  - “(k) Acknowledgments
  - “(1) Guidance and advice <del>services—An individual, </del><ins>services—A veteran, </ins>or the legal representative of <del>an individual, </del><ins>a veteran, </ins>bringing a cause of action under subsection (b) shall sign a written acknowledgment, provided by the attorney, indicating that the <del>individual </del><ins>veteran </ins>or legal representative bringing the action understands that the <del>individual </del><ins>veteran </ins>or legal representative may seek guidance and advice <ins>on any disability awards, payments, or benefits, in addition to and separate from rights provided under this Act, to which the veteran may be entitled under any program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, </ins>free of charge from—
  - “(A) organizations recognized under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code;
  - “(B) the Secretary of Veterans <del>Affairs;</del><ins>Affairs; and</ins>
  - “(C) the congressional representatives of the individual or legal <del>representative; and</del><ins>representative.</ins>
  - <del>“(D) </del><ins>“(2) Application to pending matters—For any cause of action brought under subsection (b) that is pending on </ins>the <del>Tort Claims Unit </del><ins>date </ins>of <ins>enactment of this subsection, not later than 90 days after such date of enactment, </ins>the <del>Department </del><ins>veteran bringing the action, the legal representative </ins>of the <del>Navy.</del><ins>veteran, or the attorney for the veteran or legal representative, as applicable, shall file the acknowledgments described in paragraph (1).”</ins>
  - <del>“(2) Other required acknowledgments—An attorney representing an individual or the legal representative of an individual in a cause of action brought under subsection (b) shall file with the Secretary of the Navy a written acknowledgment signed by the individual or legal representative indicating that the individual or legal representative understands—</del>
  - <del>“(A) legal representation by an attorney is not required to file an action; and</del>
  - <del>“(B) the attorney’s fee arrangement regarding representation in the action, which shall include an acknowledgment of whether the fee arrangement is one under which the total amount of the fee payable to the attorney is—</del>
  - <del>“(i) to be paid to the attorney by the claimant, subsequent to the allocation of the award; or</del>
  - <del>“(ii) contingent on whether the matter is resolved in a manner favorable to the claimant.</del>
  - <del>“(3) Application to pending matters—For any cause of action brought under subsection (b) that is pending on the date of enactment of this subsection, not later than 90 days after such date of enactment, the individual bringing the action, the legal representative of the individual, or the attorney for the individual or legal representative, as applicable, shall file the acknowledgments described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</del>
  - <del>“(4) Advertising—A law firm that receives veteran data from an advertising agency shall reduce the attorney’s legal fee in an amount equal to the cost incurred by the law firm to receive the data.”</del>
- (b) Severability— If any provision of the amendment made by subsection (a), or the application of such a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of the amendment made by subsection (a), the other provisions of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 (28 U.S.C. 2671 note prec.), and the application of the provision of the amendment made by subsection (a) held to be unconstitutional to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.