US Congress House Bill 2573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-3)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-22 - 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]

Atomic Veterans Relief Act - Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation the exposure at any time to ionizing radiation from undetonated weapons or residual contamination resulting from a nuclear detonation. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in regulations pertaining to the service-connection of veterans' disabilities additional provisions to ensure, in the case of a claim by a radiation-exposed veteran for service-connection of a nonpresumptive disability, that the procedures for establishment of whether the disability is service-connected and which require the mathematical calculation of the level of exposure of the veteran to the ionizing radiation (commonly referred to as dose reconstruction) also require the Secretary to, among other things: (1) determine the facts and circumstances of the exposure while presuming the veteran's recitation of the event as correct, unless clear and convincing evidence establishes otherwise; and (2) obtain a reconstructed dose based on specific facts and circumstances established by the evidence.

Atomic Veterans Relief Act

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2009-05-21		Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2573/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2573/BILLS-111hr2573ih.pdf