HR 4760
106th Congress
House
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Weather
Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act
Introduced: June 26, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 7, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 26, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 26, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a registry of veterans who, while in active military service, were exposed for a significant period of time to sustained periods of extremely cold weather (seven days or more of average temperatures of 32 degrees or lower). Requires such registry to be used to determine the association, if any, between the disabilities of such veterans and the exposure to such weather.
Presumes cold-weather injuries in such veterans to be service-connected and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation.
Directs the Secretary, within 90 days, to prescribe initial regulations on injuries determined to have a positive association with sustained exposure to cold weather.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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