US Congress Senate Bill 901 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-15-1)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-06-24 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select a VA medical center to serve as the national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the biological children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces that are related to such exposure. Requires: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) or the head of a federal agency to make available to the VA for review records held by DOD, an Armed Force, or that federal agency that might assist the VA in making determinations regarding individuals and descendents afflicted with a health condition as a result of such exposure; (2) the VA and DOD or such agency head to jointly establish a mechanism for the availability and review of records by the VA; and (3) the national center to employ at least one licensed clinical social worker to coordinate access of individuals to appropriate social and health care programs and to handle case management. Establishes an Advisory Board to oversee and assess the national center and to advise the VA regarding the center's work. Directs DOD to declassify documents (other than documents that would materially and immediately threaten national security) related to any known incident in which at least 100 members of the Armed Forces were exposed to a toxic substance that resulted in at least one case of an associated disability. Directs the VA to conduct a national outreach and education campaign directed toward members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their family members to communicate information on: (1) incidents of exposure of members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances, health conditions resulting from such exposure, and the potential long-term effects; and (2) the national center. Requires DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services to assist the VA in implementing such campaign.

Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015

Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-24	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
2015-04-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB1769 (Same As) 2016-05-24 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 460.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/901/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s901/BILLS-114s901is.pdf