[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5980 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5980

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of 
veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation 
exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection 
     of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2016

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Poliquin, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. 
 Gallego, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Ashford, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Takano, 
    Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. 
    Lowenthal, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Honda, Ms. Titus, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
  Newhouse, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Jones, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. 
   Dingell, Mr. Pocan, and Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania) 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 for the treatment of 
veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation 
exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection 
     of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Mark Takai Atomic Veterans 
Healthcare Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK 
              ATOLL AS RADIATION EXPOSED VETERANS FOR PURPOSES OF 
              PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION OF CERTAIN DISABILITIES 
              BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 1112(c)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(v) Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the 
                        period beginning on January 1, 1977, and ending 
                        on December 31, 1980.''.
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