Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act

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Bill Number

HR 4288

Introduced

Nov 9, 2005

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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Topics

Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Climate Data banks Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Law Medical records Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care Weather

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Summary

Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a registry of veterans who, while in active military service, were exposed for a significant period of time to sustained periods of extremely cold weather (seven days or more of average temperatures of 32 degrees or lower). Requires such registry to be used to determine the association, if any, between the disabilities of such veterans and the exposure to such weather.

Presumes cold-weather injuries in such veterans to be service-connected and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation.

Directs the Secretary, within 90 days, to prescribe initial regulations on injuries determined to have a positive association with sustained exposure to cold weather.

Actions

Nov 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Nov 9, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 9, 2005

Introduced in House

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