Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/28/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-28Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
- 2021-03-03Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2021-03-03Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-03 (00)
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021
This bill 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 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.
Cosponsors (19)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Subjects
- Cancer
- Marshall Islands
- Nuclear weapons
- Radiation
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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