US Congress Senate Bill 555 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2-2)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980, as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019

Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB1377 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/555/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s555/BILLS-116s555is.pdf