HR 7288
115th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Air quality
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Solid waste and recycling
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' Right to Breathe Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Dec 12, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 12, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Veterans' Right to Breathe Act
This bill provides a presumption of service connection for certain diseases for burn pit-exposed veterans. Under a presumption of service connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) was used while deployed on or after September 11, 2001.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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