Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2020
Latest action · Feb 7, 2020 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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2020
This bill establishes a Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for a veteran's injury or illness associated with a blast exposure during active military, naval, or air service in spite of there being no record of the injury or illness during a period of service. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases or disabilities 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 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2020 to Oct 20, 2020; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Jan 30, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 3, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 11, 2020 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 5, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Oct 9, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Oct 20, 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 Jan 30, 2020 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 7, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jan 30, 2020Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 20, January 30, 2020, page H748.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4321 | Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Nov 9, 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 establish a presumption of service-connection of disabilities relating to blast exposures with respect to disability compensation payments by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2020
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 30, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
