HR 5980 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Introduced Sep 9, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Grace Meng D-NY

Latest action · Sep 9, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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.

IntroducedSep 9, 2016
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

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.

Cosponsors 107

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2016 to Nov 30, 2016; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-NE	Brad Ashford	Original	Sep 9, 2016
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin	Original	Sep 9, 2016
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Sep 9, 2016
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Sep 9, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 12, 2016
R-UT	Mia B. Love		Sep 12, 2016
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		Sep 12, 2016
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 12, 2016
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 13, 2016
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Sep 13, 2016
R-AL	Martha Roby		Sep 13, 2016
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Sep 13, 2016
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 14, 2016
R-AK	Don Young		Sep 14, 2016
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Sep 14, 2016
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Sep 14, 2016
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Sep 14, 2016
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Sep 14, 2016
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Sep 14, 2016
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Sep 14, 2016
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Sep 14, 2016
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Sep 14, 2016
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Sep 14, 2016
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Sep 15, 2016
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Sep 15, 2016
D-VT	Peter Welch		Sep 15, 2016
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 19, 2016
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Sep 19, 2016
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 19, 2016
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 19, 2016
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Sep 19, 2016
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Sep 19, 2016
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Sep 19, 2016
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Sep 19, 2016
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 19, 2016
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Sep 19, 2016
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Sep 19, 2016
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Sep 19, 2016
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Sep 19, 2016
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Sep 19, 2016
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Sep 19, 2016
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Sep 19, 2016
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Sep 19, 2016
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Sep 20, 2016
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Sep 20, 2016
D-IA	David Loebsack		Sep 20, 2016
D-WA	Denny Heck		Sep 20, 2016
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Sep 20, 2016
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Sep 20, 2016
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 20, 2016
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Sep 20, 2016
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 20, 2016
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Sep 20, 2016
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Sep 20, 2016
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Sep 21, 2016
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Sep 21, 2016
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Sep 21, 2016
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Sep 21, 2016
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Sep 22, 2016
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Sep 22, 2016
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Sep 22, 2016
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Sep 22, 2016
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Sep 22, 2016
D-WA	Adam Smith		Sep 26, 2016
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Sep 26, 2016
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 26, 2016
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Sep 26, 2016
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Sep 26, 2016
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Sep 27, 2016
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Sep 27, 2016
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Sep 27, 2016
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Sep 27, 2016
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 27, 2016
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 27, 2016
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Sep 27, 2016
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Sep 27, 2016
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 28, 2016
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Sep 28, 2016
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Sep 28, 2016
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Nov 14, 2016
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Nov 14, 2016
D-CA	John Garamendi		Nov 14, 2016
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Nov 14, 2016
R-NY	Peter T. King		Nov 14, 2016
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Nov 14, 2016
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Nov 16, 2016
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Nov 30, 2016

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 Sep 9, 2016
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Sep 9, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 9, 2016Introduced in House
Sep 9, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 9, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 136, September 9, 2016, page H5255.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 632	Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 3, 2017
S 2791	Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act	Related bill	Jun 29, 2016
HR 3870	Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act	Related bill	Nov 6, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Short Titles as Introduced: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Subjects

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

Armed Forces and National Security

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 9, 2016Introduced in House

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