1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry Improvement Act . 2. Burn pits (a) 2018 NDAA Section 738 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ) is amended by inserting in consultation with the War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, before shall coordinate efforts . (b) Reports (1) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Not later than January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit reports to the Committees on Armed Services and on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and Senate regarding the following: (A) New research and proposed policy changes of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding efforts to identify, investigate, diagnose, treat, and heal medical conditions suffered by veterans related to exposure to open burn pits. (B) The number of veterans who received hospital care or medical services furnished by the Secretary during the preceding year for medical conditions related to exposure to open burn pits, including— (i) the medical conditions related to exposure to open burn pits; and (ii) when and where the veterans were exposed to open burn pits. (C) Plans of the Secretary to utilize and improve the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (referred to in this section as the Registry ), including— (i) outreach to veterans who have already registered responded to the Registry questionnaire regarding new information learned about medical conditions related to exposure to open burn pits; (ii) outreach to members of the Armed Forces and veterans who were exposed to open burn pits to encourage such persons to respond to the Registry questionnaire; (iii) partnerships between the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to identify and inform members of the Armed Forces and veterans who were exposed to open burn pits