US Congress House Bill 2510 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-3)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Readiness Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) three centers of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open burn pits and other environmental exposures. Requires the Secretary to select for such centers entities that: (1) are equipped with the specialized equipment needed to study, diagnose, and treat health conditions relating to such exposure; (2) have a publication track record of post-deployment health exposures among veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan; (3) have collaborated with a geosciences department that has a medical geology division; (4) have developed animal models and in vitro models of dust immunology and lung injury from Iraq and Afghanistan; and (5) have expertise in allergy and immunology, pulmonary diseases, and industrial and management engineering. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the centers collaborate with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), institutions of higher education, and other appropriate public and private entities to carry out specified responsibilities, including to: (1) implement the comprehensive plan and strategy for DOD for the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to such exposure; and (2) provide for dissemination within DOD of best practices for the treatment of such conditions and the training of health professionals. Requires the center to have access to and make use of the data accumulated by the burn pits registry established under the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012.

Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act

Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2013-06-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2510/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2510/BILLS-113hr2510ih.pdf