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HR 1005 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disability and paralysis Health information and medical records Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation

Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act

Introduced: February 11, 2019 Introduced by: Castro, Joaquin Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Feb 6, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced in House
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Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to amend the schedule for rating disabilities (for purposes of veterans benefit calculations) to add a diagnostic code and evaluation criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis, a respiratory disease that could be caused by burn pit exposure. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.

The VA must provide a process for veterans who receive compensation due to a service-connected disability to have their disability reevaluated based on the diagnostic code and evaluation criteria established for obliterative bronchiolitis. Such veterans may then be assigned a new disability rating as a result of such reevaluation if such assignment does not reduce the veteran's existing disability rating.

What's happening now March 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 1
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jun 18, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 24, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · May 14, 2019
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Mar 25, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 25, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Feb 11, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Feb 6, 2019
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Feb 6, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1005: Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1005/
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"H.R. 1005: Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1005/.
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H.R. 1005, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1005/.
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