3.0.0 1798 2019-02-20T23:16:59Z 2019-02-23T20:34:26Z Senate S S 2011-11-03 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2012-06-13T19:16:40Z Referred to 2011-11-03T18:25:48Z Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011 112 3337 HR 2012-06-29 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Identical bill CRS 2012-06-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-567. Committee 2011-11-03 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-11-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2011-11-03 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-11-03 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2011-11-03 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-11-03 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-11-03 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2011-11-03 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2011-11-03 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-11-10 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-11-15 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-11-17 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-11-17 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-11-28 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2011-12-01 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2011-12-07 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2012-01-24 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2012-02-14 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2012-09-11 False Armed Forces and National Security Afghanistan Asia Fires Government information and archives Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Iraq Medical research Middle East Military operations and strategy Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-11-03 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-15T20:11:42Z Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish and maintain an open pit burn registry for members of the Armed Forces deployed in a contingency operation in Iraq or Afghanistan who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits used for disposing solid waste, (2) include in such registry information necessary to ascertain and monitor the health effects of such exposure, (3) develop a public information campaign to inform eligible individuals about the registry, and (4) periodically notify such individuals of significant developments in the study and treatment of conditions associated with such exposure.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract with an independent scientific organization to develop a report assessing the effectiveness of actions taken to collect and maintain information on the health effects of such exposure, and (2) submit the completed report to Congress.

]]> Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011 Display Title Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that members of the Armed Forces who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits while deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-11-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1798is/xml/BILLS-112s1798is.xml 2012-06-13 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-567. 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.