K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 15, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546.
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.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to complete a study to identify and assess any causation or correlation between exposure to toxicants at the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) Air Base in Uzbekistan between October 7, 2001, and November 21, 2005, and incidents of cancer or other diseases in members of the Armed Forces.
The bill also expands the definition of an open burn pit, for purposes of the VA's open burn pit registry, to include burn pits located on land in Uzbekistan. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2020 to Nov 30, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jul 30, 2020 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Sep 24, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Sep 24, 2020 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Sep 30, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Oct 1, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Nov 16, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Nov 30, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2020Markup Aug 5, 2020Reported Sep 15, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2020Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
- Sep 15, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546.
- Aug 5, 2020Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 30, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jul 30, 2020Read twice and referred to the 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 24, 2020S. 4384, K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020As reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 15, 2020
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- K2 Veterans Advocacy Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Asia
- Cancer
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental health
- Fires
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health information and medical records
- Medical research
- Military facilities and property
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Solid waste and recycling
- Uzbekistan
- Veterans' medical care
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 15, 2020Reported to Senate
- Jul 30, 2020Introduced in Senate
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.
