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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1400 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption that |
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| 6 | 6 | | certain veterans were exposed to radiation and other toxins at the Nevada |
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| 7 | 7 | | Test and Training Range for purposes of the treatment of certain disabil- |
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| 8 | 8 | | ities under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, |
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| 9 | 9 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. A |
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| 13 | 13 | | MODEIof Nevada (for himself and Ms. LEEof Nevada) introduced the |
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| 14 | 14 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a pre- |
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| 17 | 17 | | sumption that certain veterans were exposed to radiation |
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| 18 | 18 | | and other toxins at the Nevada Test and Training Range |
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| 19 | 19 | | for purposes of the treatment of certain disabilities under |
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| 20 | 20 | | the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Af- |
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| 21 | 21 | | fairs, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. TREATMENT AS RADIATION-RISK ACTIVITIES. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States Code, 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | is amended— 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 1400 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subparagraph (B) by adding at the end 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the following new clause: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(viii) At any time on or after January 1, 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1972, and before January 1, 2005, onsite par-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ticipation in any aspect of the development, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | construction, operation, or maintenance of a 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | military installation (as defined in section 2801 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of title 10) at a covered location at the Nevada 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Test and Training Range.’’; and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | paragraph: 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(C) The term ‘covered location at the Nevada 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Test and Training Range’ means a location at the 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, including 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | a location at Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield, but 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | not including a location Nellis Air Force Base or 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Creech Air Force Base.’’. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SEC. 2. PRESUMPTIONS OF TOXIC EXPOSURE. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 1119(c) of such title is amended— 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tively; and 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) by inserting before subsection (B), as 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | so redesignated, the following: 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 1400 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(A) on or after January 1, 1972, and be-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | fore January 1, 2005, performed active mili-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | tary, naval, air, or space service while assigned 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | to a duty station in, including airspace above, 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | a covered location at the Nevada Test and 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Training Range, Nevada;’’; and 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) by adding at the end the following new 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | paragraph: 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(4) The term ‘covered location at the Nevada 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Test and Training Range’ means a location at the 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, including 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | a location at Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield, but 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | not including a location Nellis Air Force Base or 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Creech Air Force Base.’’. 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION. 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Section 1120(b) of such title is amended— 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | graph (16); and 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | lowing new paragraph: 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(15) Only in the case of a covered veteran de-21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | scribed in section 1119(c)(1)(A), lipomas and tumor 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | related conditions.’’. 23 |
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