3.0.0 1386 2025-12-06T00:35:40Z 2025-12-06T00:35:40Z Senate S S 2023-05-01 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1386 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-01T19:35:19Z 118 379 HR 2023-02-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs . Related bill CRS 2023-05-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-05-01 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. 2023-05-01 True Government Operations and Politics Government Operations and Politics 2023-05-12T12:15:17Z

00 2023-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2023-12-08T17:33:37Z <p><b>Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>An individual claimant who has resided on the island of Vieques for not less than five years before this bill's enactment and files a claim for compensation with the Special Master shall be awarded monetary compensation if it is more likely than not that the claimant contracted a chronic, life threatening, or physical or mental disease or illness as a result of the U.S. government having used the island for military readiness.</p> <p>Total amounts awarded under this bill shall not exceed $1 billion dollars. </p> <p>A claim to which this bill applies shall be barred unless filed within 15 years of this bill's enactment. </p> <p>Notwithstanding any contract, a representative of an individual may not receive, for services rendered in connection with a claim of the individual, more than 20% of a payment made under this bill.</p>

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