US Congress House Bill 1377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 129-17)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - 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]

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.

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Rutherford [R-FL]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-03-04	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E235)
2019-02-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-02-26	House	Introduced in House

SB555 (Related) 2019-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1377/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1377/BILLS-116hr1377ih.pdf