1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019”.
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019
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, and for other purposes.
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.”