S 378 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act

Introduced Feb 9, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Dan Sullivan R-AK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 9, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 9, 2023
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyer's Scams Act or the Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act

This bill limits attorney's fees for claims involving individuals who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987.

Specifically, it caps attorney's fees at

12% of a payment made in an administrative claim, and
17% of a payment for a judgment rendered or a settlement entered in a judicial claim.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2023 to May 11, 2023, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IA	Chuck Grassley	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-WY	John Barrasso	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-FL	Marco Rubio	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-KY	Mitch McConnell	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-MT	Steve Daines	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-AR	Tom Cotton	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-AL	Tommy Tuberville	Original	Feb 9, 2023
R-IA	Joni Ernst		Feb 13, 2023
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Feb 13, 2023
R-ND	John Hoeven		Feb 28, 2023
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Mar 15, 2023
R-IN	Mike Braun		Mar 28, 2023
R-NC	Ted Budd		May 11, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 9, 2023Introduced in Senate
Feb 9, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 925	Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act	Identical bill	Feb 9, 2023

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Feb 9, 2023Introduced in Senate

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