US Congress House Bill 3337 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 29 2012 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish and maintain an open pit burn registry for members of the Armed Forces deployed in a contingency operation in Iraq or Afghanistan who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits used for disposing solid waste, (2) include in such registry information necessary to ascertain and monitor the health effects of such exposure, (3) develop a public information campaign to inform eligible individuals about the registry, and (4) periodically notify such individuals of significant developments in the study and treatment of conditions associated with such exposure. Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract with an independent scientific organization to develop a report assessing the effectiveness of actions taken to collect and maintain information on the health effects of such exposure, and (2) submit the completed report to Congress.

Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011

Rep Akin, W. Todd	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Benishek, Dan
Rep Berg, Rick	Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Black, Diane	Rep Blumenauer, Earl
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Boswell, Leonard L.	Rep Carnahan, Russ	Rep Carson, Andre
Rep Castor, Kathy	Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Cicilline, David N.	Rep Cohen, Steve
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Critz, Mark S.
Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Rep Forbes, J. Randy	Rep Franks, Trent	Rep Griffin, Tim	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Hanna, Richard L.	Rep Hartzler, Vicky	Rep Hayworth, Nan A. S.
Rep Heck, Joseph J.	Rep Heinrich, Martin	Rep Hultgren, Randy	Rep Israel, Steve
Rep Johnson, Bill	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Kaptur, Marcy
Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep King, Peter T.	Rep Kissell, Larry	Rep Latham, Tom
Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lipinski, Daniel	Rep LoBiondo, Frank A.	Rep Long, Billy
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray	Rep Marino, Tom	Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Miller, Brad	Rep Murphy, Tim
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Nugent, Richard	Rep Nunnelee, Alan	Rep Owens, William L.
Rep Palazzo, Steven M.	Rep Pearce, Stevan	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Posey, Bill
Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Rigell, E. Scott	Rep Roe, David P.	Rep Rothman, Steven R.
Rep Runyan, Jon	Rep Ryan, Tim	Rep Schiff, Adam B.	Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.
Rep Smith, Adam	Rep Smith, Christopher H.	Rep Southerland, Steve II	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete
Rep Thompson, Glenn	Rep Thompson, Mike	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Turner, Michael R.
Rep Walden, Greg	Rep Wittman, Robert J.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-29	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2012-06-29	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-04-16	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-11-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-11-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB1798 (Same As) 2012-06-13 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN03337:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3337ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3337ih.pdf