3.0.0 1283 2023-01-11T13:36:22Z 2023-01-11T13:36:22Z Senate S 2017-05-25 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-25T20:53:32Z Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act 115 2754 HR 2017-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2017-05-25 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents Nuclear weapons Radiation Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-10T16:34:20Z Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to design and produce an Atomic Veterans Service Medal to honor retired and former members of the Armed Forces who are radiation-exposed veterans.

DOD may provide for issuance of the Medal to the next-of-kin of a deceased radiation-exposed veteran.

]]> Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act Display Title Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of participation in the testing of nuclear weapons or under other circumstances. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Atomic Veterans Service Medal Act Introduced in Senate 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1283is/xml/BILLS-115s1283is.xml 2017-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.