HI SR25

Urges the Department of Veterans Affairs to recognize a presumptive service connection for veterans stationed at Kunia Field Station on Oahu who have developed chronic illnesses.

Kunia Field Station was constructed during World War II as an underground aircraft assembly plant and later served as a command center for the U.S. Navy and currently the National Security Agency.

Veterans stationed at the facility were exposed to pesticides, herbicides, fumigants, and carcinogens from adjacent pineapple fields (approximately 1940 to 2008), plus a 1977 chemical spill and 1991 flood contaminated the area with ethylene dibromide and other toxic substances.

An EPA report from 1992 confirmed multiple contaminants in groundwater and soil at the site; many veterans have since developed cancer, neurological conditions, dementia, and other chronic illnesses.

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretaries of the Navy, Army, and Air Force, and Hawaii's Congressional delegation.