S 283
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Cancer
Marshall Islands
Nuclear weapons
Radiation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
Introduced: February 2, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980, as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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