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HR 2962 109th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative procedure Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Ionizing radiation Law Nuclear weapons Radiation victims Radioactive pollution Veterans' disability compensation

Atomic Veterans Relief Act

Introduced: June 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 17, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Atomic Veterans Relief Act - Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility criteria for veterans' disability compensation the exposure to ionizing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from participation in a nuclear detonation.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in regulations pertaining to the service-connection of veterans' disabilities additional provisions to ensure, in the case of a claim by a radiation-exposed veteran for service-connection of a nonpresumptive disability, that the procedures for establishment of whether the disability is service-connected do not require imputation to the veteran, through a process known as dose reconstruction, of any particular level of exposure to ionizing radiation.

What's happening now June 28, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1