[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6027 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6027

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a process by 
which a family member of a deceased individual who is eligible for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit registry may register for such 
             registry on behalf of the deceased individual.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2018

 Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Pearce, Ms. Gabbard, 
and Mrs. Walorski) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a process by 
which a family member of a deceased individual who is eligible for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit registry may register for such 
             registry on behalf of the deceased individual.

    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 ``Family Member Access to Burn Pit 
Registry Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO REGISTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS BURN PIT REGISTRY ON BEHALF OF DECEASED 
              ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

    Section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits 
Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c) Registration on Behalf of Deceased Individuals.--In the case 
of a deceased eligible individual, the Secretary shall provide a 
process by which an immediate family member of the individual may 
register for the burn pit registry under this section on behalf of the 
deceased eligible individual.''.
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