HR 134 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service.

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Patsy T. Mink D-HI

Latest action · Mar 20, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Includes within the definition of a "radiation-risk activity" for purposes of eligibility criteria for veterans' disability compensation the exposure to ionizing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from participation in a nuclear detonation, without regard to whether any particular level of radiation exposure was measured for that individual.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2001 to Jul 25, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Feb 13, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Feb 13, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Feb 13, 2001
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Feb 13, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Feb 13, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Feb 13, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Feb 27, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Feb 27, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Feb 27, 2001
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Mar 6, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Mar 7, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green	Mar 7, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Mar 13, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley	Apr 3, 2001
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Apr 4, 2001
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega	May 25, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Jun 7, 2001
D-OR	Darlene Hooley	Jun 21, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans	Jul 25, 2001
D-GU	Robert A. Underwood	Jul 25, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Jul 31, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Sep 5, 2001
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Sep 25, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Feb 28, 2002
D-CT	John B. Larson	Jun 17, 2002
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Jun 25, 2002
D-UT	Jim Matheson	Jul 18, 2002
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.	Jul 25, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001
	Benefits Subcommittee	Referred Mar 20, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jan 30, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E58)
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E58	Patsy T. Mink D-HI	Jan 30, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-522	NATIONAL TRAILS BILLS69 pages	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Mar 7, 2002

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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