[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4791 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4791

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of 
    service connection for the occurrence of hepatitis C in certain 
                               veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2000

 Mr. Hayworth (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Quinn) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of 
    service connection for the occurrence of hepatitis C in certain 
                               veterans.

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

SECTION 1. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR OCCURRENCE OF 
              HEPATITIS C IN CERTAIN VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1119. Presumption of service connection for hepatitis C
    ``For purposes of sections 1110 and 1113 of this title, and subject 
to section 1113 of this title, the disease of hepatitis C becoming 
manifest in a veteran shall be considered to have been incurred in or 
aggravated by active military, naval, or air service, notwithstanding 
that there is no record of evidence of such illness during the period 
of such service if it is shown that during such service the veteran 
experienced one or more of the following:
            ``(1) Transfusion of blood or blood products before 
        December 31, 1992.
            ``(2) Hemodialysis.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1118 the following new item:

``1119. Presumption of service connection for hepatitis C.''.
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