[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1957 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1957

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases 
   presumed to be service connected in the case of radiation-exposed 
  veterans and to expand the circumstances deemed have been radiation-
            risk activities for members of the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2001

Mr. Evans (for himself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Filner, Ms. Brown of Florida, 
Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
   Mr. Frost, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Wynn) 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 expand the list of diseases 
   presumed to be service connected in the case of radiation-exposed 
  veterans and to expand the circumstances deemed have been radiation-
            risk activities for members of the Armed Forces.

    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 
2001''.

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 new subparagraphs:
            ``(Q) Lung cancer.
            ``(R) Bone cancer.
            ``(S) Skin cancer.
            ``(T) Colon cancer.
            ``(U) Posterior subcapsular cataracts.
            ``(V) Nonmalignant thyroid nodular disease.
            ``(W) Ovarian cancer.
            ``(X) Parathyroid adenoma.
            ``(Y) Tumors of the brain and central nervous system.
            ``(Z) Rectal cancer.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF SERVICE CIRCUMSTANCES DEEMED TO BE RADIATION-RISK 
              ACTIVITIES.

    Section 1112(c)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                    ``(iv) Service at Amchitka Island, Alaska, 
                involving the performance of duty related to the Long 
                Shot, Milrow or Cannikin underground nuclear tests 
                which were conducted on that island during the period 
                beginning October 23, 1965, and ending December 31, 
                1973.
                    ``(v) Service at such other locations, during such 
                periods of time, as the Secretary determines by 
                regulation to be service that is comparable as a 
                radiation-risk activity to the service specified in 
                clauses (i) through (iv).''.
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