[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4566

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from requiring evidence of a certain dose of radiation 
  to determine that a veteran is a radiation-exposed veteran, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2023

  Ms. Titus 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 prohibit the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from requiring evidence of a certain dose of radiation 
  to determine that a veteran is a radiation-exposed veteran, 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 ``Providing Radiation Exposed 
Servicemembers Undisputed Medical Eligibility Act'' or the ``PRESUME 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF REQUIREMENT OF EVIDENCE OF A CERTAIN DOSE OF 
              RADIATION TO DETERMINE THAT A VETERAN IS A RADIATION-
              EXPOSED VETERAN.

    Section 1112(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) The Secretary may not require evidence of a certain dose of 
radiation to determine that a veteran is a radiation-exposed 
veteran.''.
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