; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). (2) The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (3) The term covered veteran means a veteran described in paragraph (5). (4) The term open burn pit has the meaning given that term in section 201(c) of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–260 ; 38 U.S.C. 527 note). (5) The term reported case of burn pit exposure means each instance in which a veteran presents at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (or in a non-Department facility pursuant to section 1703 or 1703A of title 38, United States Code) for treatment that the veteran describes as being related to, or ancillary to, the exposure of the veteran to toxic airborne chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits at any time while serving in the Armed Forces.