S 1385
105th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Atomic bomb
Bone diseases
Brain diseases
Cancer
Colon cancer
Disability evaluation
Disabled
East Asia
Environmental Protection
Health
History
Ionizing radiation
Japan
Lung cancer
Nuclear weapons
Ovarian cancer
Radiation victims
Skin cancer
Thyroid diseases
Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 1998
Introduced: November 6, 1997
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 1998
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.
Sep 22, 1998
Committee on Veterans Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Specter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 105-343.
Jul 28, 1998
Committee on Veterans Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 21, 1998
Committee on Veterans Affairs. Hearings held.
Nov 6, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Nov 6, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11869-11870)
Nov 6, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 1997 - Includes in the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected, in the case of radiation-exposed veterans, and therefore compensable for purposes of veterans' disability compensation and medical care, the following: lung, bone, skin, colon, ovarian, and rectal cancer, posterior subcapsular cataracts, non-malignant thyroid nodular disease, parathyroid adenoma, and tumors of the brain and central nervous system.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.
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