[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1048. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Brown, Mr. Coons, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Wyden) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1003 
proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) to the bill H.R. 
2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1088. 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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