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2021-02-24
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Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Standing
  - Hearings by
2021-04-28T19:00:18Z
  - Referred to
2021-02-24T23:13:25Z

- Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021
117
2436
HR
2021-07-14
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2021-04-28
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Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Committee
- 2021-02-24
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Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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- 2021-02-24
Introduced in Senate
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WV
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NC
Roland
2021-03-01
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D
NH
2021-03-01
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Cramer
R
ND
2021-03-01
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AZ
2021-03-01
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Risch
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2021-03-01
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OR
2021-03-01
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Van Hollen
D
MD
2021-03-05
False
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R
ID
2021-03-05
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2021-03-09
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Coons
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DE
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2021-03-09
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Marsha
Blackburn
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TN
2021-03-09
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MD
2021-03-09
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2021-03-09
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R
OH
2021-03-09
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Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
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R
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2021-03-09
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2021-03-09
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2021-03-09
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WV
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2021-03-25
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2021-03-25
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2021-03-25
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2021-04-12
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2021-04-12
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2021-04-12
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2021-05-17
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Armed Forces and National Security
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Air quality
- Asia
- Congressional oversight
- Disability assistance
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Environmental health
- Fires
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Middle East
- Military operations and strategy
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Solid waste and recycling
- Syria
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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2022-03-03T20:14:35Z
Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to concede, for the purposes of health care benefits and wartime disability compensation, that a veteran was exposed to certain toxic substances, chemicals, and hazards from burn pits if such veteran served on active duty in a covered location during a specified time frame (unless there is affirmative evidence to establish that the veteran was not exposed during such service). A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.
Specifically, the bill covers the following locations and corresponding time periods:
- Iraq between August 2, 1990, and February 28, 1991, as well as from March 19, 2003, until burn pits are no longer used in this location;
- Southwest Asia (including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar) from August 2, 1990, until burn pits are no longer used in these locations; and
- Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen, and Djibouti from September 11, 2001, until burn pits are no longer used in these locations.
Under the bill, if an exposed veteran submits insufficient evidence to establish a service-connection for purposes of disability compensation, the VA shall provide a medical examination and request a medical opinion regarding a causal link between the disability and a toxin, chemical, or hazard.

Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021
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Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021
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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to concede exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Introduced in Senate
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced

Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021
Introduced in Senate
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- Introduced in Senate
2021-02-24T05:00:00Z
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