[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 134 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 134

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility 
criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and 
disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military 
                                service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii 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 revise the eligibility 
criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and 
disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military 
                                service.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION 
              RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION DUE TO 
              OPEN-AIR NUCLEAR TESTING.

    Section 1112(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting before the period 
        at the end the following: ``or exposure to ionzing radiation 
        due to residual contamination resulting from such a 
        detonation''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(B)(i), onsite participation by 
any individual in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a 
nuclear device and any exposure to ionzing radiation due to residual 
contamination resulting from such a detonation shall be determined 
without regard to whether any particular level of radiation exposure 
was measured for that individual.''.
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