A bill to provide for a study of the health consequences for the spouses and descendants of atomic veterans of the exposure of such veterans to ionizing radiation.

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Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the Medical Follow-up Agency of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences under which the Agency shall carry out a study to determine the relationship between the exposure of veterans to ionizing radiation and: (1) genetic defects and illnesses in the children and grandchildren of such veterans; and (2) untoward pregnancy outcomes experienced by the spouses of such veterans, including stillbirths, miscarriages, and neonatal deaths. Requires reports in FY 1995 through 1997 from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on the study's results. Authorizes appropriations.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 August 1994

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 August 1994

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