HOUSE 2530117th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act
- Last Action
- 7/14/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-14Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2021-04-14Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
- 2021-04-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-14 (00)
Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study and report on the level of radiation exposure experienced by members of the Armed Forces who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1980.
Cosponsors (6)
- Elaine Luria (D-VA)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)
- RON KIND (D-WI)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government studies and investigations
- Marshall Islands
- Medical research
- Military personnel and dependents
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Nuclear weapons
- Oceania
- Radiation
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Veterans' medical care
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