HJR131 Summary

• Urges Alabama's congressional delegation to support federal legislation HR 2825 and HR 3967 to establish a health registry for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals at Fort McClellan between 1935 and 1999.

• Documents Fort McClellan's history as home to the Army's Chemical Corps and Chemical Weapons School, which conducted Operation Top Hat in 1953 testing chemical and nerve agents on military personnel.

• Identifies 67 disposal sites at Fort McClellan containing volatile organic compounds, trichloroethylene, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, explosives, heavy metals, unexploded ordnance, radioactive sources, and asbestos.

• Notes the Veterans Health Administration acknowledges toxic chemical exposure at Fort McClellan but does not recognize any associated adverse health conditions despite evidence that exposures cause health effects.

• Directs that a copy of the resolution be provided to each member of Alabama's congressional delegation to communicate the legislature's support for federal action on Fort McClellan toxic exposure.