Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act
Latest action · Mar 1, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Burn Pit Veterans Revision Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to amend the schedule for rating disabilities (for purposes of veterans benefit calculations) to add a diagnostic code and evaluation criteria for obliterative bronchiolitis, a respiratory disease that could be caused by burn pit exposure. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.
The VA must provide a process for veterans who receive compensation due to a service-connected disability to have their disability reevaluated based on the diagnostic code and evaluation criteria established for obliterative bronchiolitis. Such veterans may then be assigned a new disability rating as a result of such reevaluation if such assignment does not reduce the veteran's existing disability rating.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2019 to Oct 22, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Feb 6, 2019 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Feb 11, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 24, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 22, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
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- Feb 6, 2019Introduced in House
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