3.0.0 4384 2023-01-11T13:44:48Z 2023-01-11T13:44:48Z Senate S 2020-07-30 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2020-09-15T21:46:08Z Markup by 2020-08-05T20:49:48Z Referred to 2020-07-30T19:40:02Z 2020-09-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546. Calendars 2020-09-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2020-09-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-08-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2020-07-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-07-30 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-09-24 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-09-24 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-09-30 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-10-01 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-11-16 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2020-11-16 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-11-16 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2020-11-16 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-11-30 False 2020-09-24T15:03:00Z S. 4384, K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56628 As reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 15, 2020 Armed Forces and National Security Asia Cancer Congressional oversight Environmental health Fires Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health information and medical records Medical research Military facilities and property Military medicine Military personnel and dependents Solid waste and recycling Uzbekistan Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-30T14:08:15Z K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to complete a study to identify and assess any causation or correlation between exposure to toxicants at the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base in Uzbekistan between October 7, 2001, and November 21, 2005, and incidents of cancer or other diseases in members of the Armed Forces.

The bill also expands the definition of an open burn pit, for purposes of the VA's open burn pit registry, to include burn pits located on land in Uzbekistan. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.

]]> 25 2020-09-15 Reported to Senate 2020-10-01T10:27:10Z K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to complete a study to identify and assess any causation or correlation between exposure to toxicants at the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base in Uzbekistan between October 7, 2001, and November 21, 2005, and incidents of cancer or other diseases in members of the Armed Forces.

The bill also expands the definition of an open burn pit, for purposes of the VA's open burn pit registry, to include burn pits located on land in Uzbekistan. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.

]]> K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020 Display Title K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020 S Senate Reported to Senate RS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4384rs/xml/BILLS-116s4384rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4384is/xml/BILLS-116s4384is.xml 2020-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546. 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.