3.0.0 4398 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z Senate S 2020-08-03 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-03T21:10:31Z Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2019 116 4605 HR 2019-10-04 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2020-08-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2020-08-03 True Government Operations and Politics Building construction Cancer Caribbean area Digestive and metabolic diseases Emergency medical services and trauma care Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Food supply, safety, and labeling Government liability Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Lawyers and legal services Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Metals Military education and training Military readiness Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-04T16:28:02Z Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2020

This bill provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality of Vieques.

An individual claimant shall be awarded monetary compensation if the claimant contracted a chronic, life threatening, or physical or mental disease or illness, during or after the government used the island for military readiness.

]]> Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2020 Display Title Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide compensation to certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4398is/xml/BILLS-116s4398is.xml 2020-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.