S 555 — Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019
Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019 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 diseases 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.
Bill Text
- Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html February 26, 2019
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The bill amends existing law to classify veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for disability presumption purposes.
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38 U.S.C. § 1112(c)(3)
(v) Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the period beginning on January 1, 1977, and ending on December 31, 1980.
This addition provides presumptive service connection for disabilities to veterans involved in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll.
Action History
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
- Tina Smith · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Smith, Tina Democratic
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (546)
546 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does S 555 do?
- Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019 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 diseases 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.
- Who sponsors S 555?
- S 555 is sponsored by Smith, Tina (Democratic).
- What is the current status of S 555?
- This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track S 555?
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