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                                                       Calendar No. 596
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1385

                          [Report No. 105-343]

 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 (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

                           September 22, 1998

               Reported by Mr. Specter, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

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

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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 
1998''.

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) Ovarian cancer.
            ``(R) Tumors of the brain and central nervous system.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 596

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1385

                          [Report No. 105-343]

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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.

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                           September 22, 1998

                       Reported with an amendment