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H.R. 1585 117th Congress House

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: March 3, 2021 Introduced by: Grace Meng Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security CancerMarshall IslandsNuclear weaponsRadiation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Apr 29, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 127
All 127 Democratic 66 Republican 11
YOUNG, DON
· Feb 28, 2022
 D
Leger Fernandez, Teresa
New Mexico · Sep 21, 2021
Porter, Katie
· Jun 11, 2021
Trone, David
· Jun 11, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· May 25, 2021
Eshoo, Anna
· May 25, 2021
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · May 25, 2021
Reed, Tom
· May 25, 2021
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 25, 2021
Blumenauer, Earl
· May 12, 2021
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · May 11, 2021
Cartwright, Matt
· Apr 15, 2021
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Apr 15, 2021
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Apr 15, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Apr 15, 2021
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Apr 15, 2021
Newman, Marie
· Apr 15, 2021
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Mar 26, 2021
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Mar 17, 2021
 R
Emmer, Tom
Minnesota · Mar 10, 2021
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Mar 8, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 8, 2021
Maloney, Sean
· Mar 8, 2021
 R
McClain, Lisa C.
Michigan · Mar 8, 2021
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Mar 8, 2021
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Mar 3, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Mar 3, 2021
 R
Baird, James R.
Indiana · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 3, 2021
Brown, Anthony
· Mar 3, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 3, 2021
Burgess, Michael
· Mar 3, 2021
Bustos, Cheri
· Mar 3, 2021
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Mar 3, 2021
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