Fighting for the Overlooked Recognition of Groups Operating in Toxic Test Environments in Nevada (FORGOTTEN) Veterans Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Defense to do a better job tracking and recording when military members are exposed to toxic or dangerous substances. It focuses on people who served at the Nevada Test and Training Range, a military site that has been used since 1951, and says those individuals should be presumed to have been exposed to toxic substances. Because of that presumption, veterans who served there — including in the airspace above the site — would be eligible for disability benefits for certain health conditions, including cancers and tumors, without having to prove their illness was directly caused by their service. The bill also requires the Department of Defense to update service records and medical tracking systems to better document all toxic exposures for current and former military members and civilian employees.

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