3.0.0 2821 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z Senate S 2018-05-10 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-10T19:19:32Z Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act 115 632 HR 2017-02-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act 115 283 S 2017-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-05-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-05-10 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-05-10 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-05-10 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-05-10 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-05-10 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-05-10 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-05-10 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-05-10 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-05-10 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-05-10 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-05-10 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-05-10 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-06-18 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2018-07-16 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-09-25 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-10-11 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-11-29 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2018-09-07T16:25:17Z Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands anytime from 1977 through 1980 as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers. These veterans thereby become eligible for the same health care and other benefits given to service members who were involved in active nuclear tests.

Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

]]> Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act Display Title Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2821is/xml/BILLS-115s2821is.xml 2018-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.