HR 4657
101th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Cancer
Cemeteries and funerals
National Guard
Nuclear weapons
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' education
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions
To provide that members of the Reserve and National Guard who participated in open-air nuclear tests during the 1950's and early 1960's and who have contracted certain radiation-related diseases shall be deemed, for purposes of certain benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to have contracted those diseases in the active military, naval, or air service of the United States.
Introduced: April 26, 1990
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 26, 1990
See H.R.5326.
Apr 26, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 26, 1990
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Provides that members of the Reserve or National Guard who participated in atmospheric nuclear detonation testing during active duty for training or inactive-duty training and who have contracted certain radiation-related diseases within specified periods following such testing shall be deemed to have contracted such diseases during active military services for purposes of eligibility for the following benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs: (1) disability compensation; (2) dependency and indemnity compensation; (3) hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, and medical care; (4) burial, cemetery, and memorial benefits; and (5) survivors' and dependents' educational benefits.
What's happening now
See H.R.5326.
Committees of jurisdiction
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