3.0.0 3795 2023-01-11T20:24:14Z 2023-01-11T20:24:14Z House H HR 2007-10-10 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-06-12T21:31:00Z Referred to 2007-10-15T13:56:24Z Referred to 2007-10-10T14:08:15Z 2008-06-12 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-10-15 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2007-10-10 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-10-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2120) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 N Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Disabled Environmental Protection Governmental investigations Health History Iraq Iraq compilation Medical research Middle East and North Africa Military medicine Military operations Ordnance Persian Gulf War Radiation victims Science, Technology, Communications Uranium Veterans' disability compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-10-10 Introduced in House 2008-03-07T18:11:32Z You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007 - Presumes specified diseases, and any other disease found by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to result from exposure to depleted uranium or the byproducts of the burn-off that occurs when a depleted uranium munition penetrates a target, among those diseases that will be presumed to be service-connected (and therefore compensable) when appearing in radiation-exposed veterans.

Includes, for purposes of such coverage, service during the Persian Gulf War or any subsequent conflict in which depleted uranium munitions are used.

Directs the Secretary to provide for an independent medical study to determine other diseases that may result from exposure to depleted uranium. Requires study results to be submitted to the congressional veterans' committees.

]]> You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that veterans of service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and subsequent conflicts shall be considered to be radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced You Were There, You Get Care Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-10-10T04:00:00Z 2008-06-12 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.