US Congress House Bill 1005 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act

Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-02-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-02-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1005/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1005/BILLS-116hr1005ih.pdf