US HB4574 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-5)
Status: Introduced on September 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-14 - 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]

Summary

Provides a presumption of service connection to burn pit-exposed veterans for certain diseases. 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. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was supporting a contingency operation on or after January 1, 1990, and was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) was used.

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Title

Veterans’ Right to Breathe Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-10-14HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-09-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-09-27HouseIntroduced in House

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