United States · Bill · S
S. 991 (98th)
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require regulations providing for the resolution of Veterans' Administration benefits claims based on certain exposures to herbicides containing dioxin, to ionizing radiation from detonations of nuclear devices, and to certain other hazardous substances and for other purposes.
Introduced
6 April 1983
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Status
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-511.
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14 January 2025
Summary
Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish guidelines and criteria for resolving claims for benefits resulting from a service-connected death or disability based on a veteran's exposure during service on active duty to: (1) herbicides containing dioxin in Vietnam during the Vietnam era; (2) ionizing radiation from the detonation of a nuclear device, either in connection with testing or the American occupation of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan prior to July 1, 1946; or (3) any other hazardous substance. Sets forth procedures for the development of such regulations.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 6 April 1983
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/991
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