[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4184 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4184

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that veterans of 
service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and subsequent conflicts shall be 
    considered to be radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the 
service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2005

  Mr. Filner 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 provide that veterans of 
service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and subsequent conflicts shall be 
    considered to be radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the 
service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``You Were There, You Get Care Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. RADIATION EXPOSURE PRESUMPTIONS FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE 
              1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR AND SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS.

    (a) Presumptions.--Section 1112(c) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(V) Any other disease that is covered under section 3.309 
        or 3.311 of title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations and any 
        other disease found by the Secretary to result from exposure to 
        depleted uranium or the by-products of the burn-off that occurs 
        when a depleted uranium munition penetrates a target.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of paragraph (3)(B) the following 
        new clause:
                    ``(v) Service during the Persian Gulf War or any 
                subsequent conflict in which depleted uranium munitions 
                are used, if that service is in the theater of 
                operations of that war or conflict or involved the 
                clean-up or servicing of vehicles or equipment that had 
                been in such a theater of operations.''.
    (b) Independent Civilian Medical Study.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall provide for the conduct by civilian medical entities 
independent of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs of in-depth medical study to determine other diseases (in 
addition to those covered by section 1112(c) of title 38, United States 
Code, as amended by subsection (a)(1)) that may result from exposure to 
depleted uranium. Upon receipt of the report providing the results of 
that independent study, the Secretary shall transmit a copy of the 
report to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives.
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