HR 1377 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Introduced Feb 26, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Grace Meng D-NY

Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 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.

IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
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.

Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

Cosponsors 145

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2019 to Mar 2, 2020; 83 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-WI	Mike Gallagher	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Feb 26, 2019
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Feb 28, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa		Feb 28, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Feb 28, 2019
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Feb 28, 2019
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Mar 4, 2019
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Mar 7, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Mar 7, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Mar 7, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Mar 7, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 18, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill		Mar 18, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Mar 18, 2019
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Mar 21, 2019
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 21, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Mar 21, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 21, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 21, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 21, 2019
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Mar 21, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Mar 21, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Mar 21, 2019
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Mar 21, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Mar 21, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Mar 21, 2019
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Mar 26, 2019
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Mar 26, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Mar 28, 2019
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Apr 8, 2019
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Apr 8, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Apr 30, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 30, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 7, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		May 7, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		May 7, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor		May 7, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Jun 18, 2019
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Jun 18, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jun 25, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Jun 28, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 2, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jul 12, 2019
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Aug 30, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		Oct 1, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Oct 1, 2019
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Oct 4, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Oct 4, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Oct 4, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Oct 4, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Oct 4, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Oct 4, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Oct 4, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Oct 16, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 16, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 16, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Oct 16, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Oct 17, 2019
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Oct 28, 2019
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Nov 1, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Nov 8, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Nov 21, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 2, 2020

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 Feb 26, 2019
	Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Mar 14, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 4, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E235)
Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2019Referred 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 E235	Grace Meng D-NY	Mar 4, 2019

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, Clause 18 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 35, February 26, 2019, page H2235.

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
Serial No. 116-9	LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1199, H.R. 1200, H.R. 1126, H.R. 1628, H.R. 1826, A DRAFT BILL TO PERMIT THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO CONDUCT CEMETERY RESEARCH AND PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE VETERANS LEGACY PROGRAM, AND A DRAFT UPDATE OF H.R. 29993 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	May 1, 2019

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46573	The Freely Associated States and Issues for Congress Archived	Report	Oct 7, 2020

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 555	Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2019	Related bill	Feb 26, 2019
HR 632	Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act	Reintroduction of	Feb 3, 2017

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 Title(s) as Introduced: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 26, 2019Introduced in House

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