3.0.0 1151 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z Senate S 2021-04-15 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-15T17:21:05Z Palomares Veterans Act of 2021 117 2580 HR 2021-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Identical bill CRS Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 117 3967 HR 2022-06-16 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS 2021-04-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-04-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-04-15 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-04-15 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2021-06-16 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2021-10-20 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-06-14 False Armed Forces and National Security Accidents Aviation and airports Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Digestive and metabolic diseases Disability assistance Europe Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Military operations and strategy Neurological disorders Nuclear weapons Radiation Spain Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-04-15 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-25T18:49:55Z Palomares Veterans Act of 2021

This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of radioactive materials at Palomares, Spain, as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.

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.

]]> Palomares Veterans Act of 2021 Display Title Palomares Veterans Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service connected disability for certain veterans who served in Palomares, Spain, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Palomares Veterans Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1151is/xml/BILLS-117s1151is.xml 2021-04-15 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.