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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 1997

Introduced: November 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 22, 1998

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 596.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4368 Identical bill Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 1998
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 14, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1385: Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 1998. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1385/
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"S. 1385: Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 1998." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-1385/.
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