Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act”.
Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Treatment of veterans who participated in cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 1112(c)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(v) Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the period beginning on January 1, 1977, and ending on December 31, 1980.”