3.0.0 4052 2023-01-11T20:16:45Z 2023-01-11T20:16:45Z House H HR 2007-11-01 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-11-02T13:58:51Z Referred to 2007-11-01T14:02:35Z 2007-11-02 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-11-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 N B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2007-11-01 True B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2007-11-01 True C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2007-11-01 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-11-01 True G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2007-11-01 True H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2007-11-01 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2007-11-01 True M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2007-12-18 False M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 2008-03-31 False A000363 Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24] Michael Arcuri D NY A. 24 2008-03-31 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2008-03-31 False W000099 Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] JAMES WALSH R NY T. 25 2008-05-21 False P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2008-07-22 False M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2008-09-10 False S001045 Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] BART STUPAK D MI 1 2008-10-02 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative procedure Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Ionizing radiation Law Nuclear weapons Radiation victims Radioactive pollution Veterans' disability compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-11-01 Introduced in House 2008-03-07T20:28:22Z Atomic Veterans Relief Act - Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility criteria for veterans' disability compensation the exposure to ionizing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from participation in a nuclear detonation.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in regulations pertaining to the service-connection of veterans' disabilities additional provisions to ensure, in the case of a claim by a radiation-exposed veteran for service-connection of a nonpresumptive disability, that the procedures for establishment of whether the disability is service-connected do not require imputation to the veteran, through a process known as dose reconstruction, of any particular level of exposure to ionizing radiation.

]]> Atomic Veterans Relief Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Atomic Veterans Relief Act Short Titles as Introduced Atomic Veterans Relief Act Introduced in House 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4052ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4052ih.xml 2007-11-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.