US Congress Senate Bill 4384 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to complete a study to identify and assess any causation or correlation between exposure to toxicants at the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base in Uzbekistan between October 7, 2001, and November 21, 2005, and incidents of cancer or other diseases in members of the Armed Forces. The bill also expands the definition of an open burn pit, for purposes of the VA's open burn pit registry, to include burn pits located on land in Uzbekistan. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.

K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020

Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546.
2020-09-15	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
2020-08-05	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2020-07-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4384/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4384/BILLS-116s4384is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4384/BILLS-116s4384rs.pdf