[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1385 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1385

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases 
  presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed 
                               veterans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 1997

 Mr. Wellstone introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases 
  presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed 
                               veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF LIST OF DISEASES PRESUMED TO BE SERVICE CONNECTED 
              FOR RADIATION-EXPOSED VETERANS.

    Section 1112(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(P) Lung cancer.
            ``(Q) Bone cancer.
            ``(R) Skin cancer.
            ``(S) Colon cancer.
            ``(T) Posterior subcapsular cataracts.
            ``(U) Non-malignant thyroid nodular disease.
            ``(V) Ovarian cancer.
            ``(W) Parathyroid adenoma.
            ``(X) Tumors of the brain and central nervous system.
            ``(Y) Rectal cancer.''.
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