Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

H.R. 1377 · 116th Congress · Feb 26, 2019 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act”.

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.”

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Feb 26, 2019viewing Introduced in House Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Aguilar, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Case, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cummings, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Engel, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Foster, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Himes, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Luján, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Massie, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McClintock, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Radewagen, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sires, Ms. Speier, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Byrne, and Mr. Gomez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Section 1 Short title

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

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