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- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-Nevada-3]
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-Texas-17]
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-Louisiana-6]
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-Nevada-1]
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-Illinois-13]
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-Nevada-4]
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-Washington-3]
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-New York-26]
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-Virginia-7]
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-North Carolina-7]
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-New Jersey-2]
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This bill would make it easier for some veterans who served at the Nevada Test and Training Range to get VA health care and disability benefits for certain illnesses. It says that veterans who worked or were stationed there during specific years should be assumed to have been exposed to radiation or other harmful toxins, unless there is strong evidence otherwise. The bill also adds a new benefit for veterans from that location who later develop certain growth-related conditions, including lipomas.
- It covers veterans who were at the Nevada Test and Training Range between January 1, 1972, and January 1, 2005.
- It includes people who took part in building, operating, maintaining, or otherwise working on a military installation there, as well as those assigned to duty there, including in the airspace above it.
- The range location covered by the bill includes Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield, but does not include Nellis Air Force Base or Creech Air Force Base.
- It would also create a presumption that certain veterans from this area who later develop lipomas or related tumor conditions should have those conditions treated as service-connected for VA purposes.
Official Summaries
This bill establishes eligibility for certain disability compensation and benefits for individuals who served at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).
The bill establishes that onsite participation on or after January 1, 1972, and before January 1, 2005, at certain NTTR locations where there was a potential of toxic exposure is a radiation-risk activity, therefore providing a presumption of service-connection for specified conditions. The bill specifies the covered NTTR locations include a location at Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield but do not include a location at Nellis Air Force Base or Creech Air Force Base.
The bill also establishes a presumption of toxic exposure for veterans who performed active service at such NTTR locations, including airspace above such locations. Additionally, lipomas and tumor related conditions must be considered as service-connected conditions for veterans who served at the NTTR locations.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1400 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1400
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption that
certain veterans were exposed to radiation and other toxins at the
Nevada Test and Training Range for purposes of the treatment of certain
disabilities under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mr. Amodei of Nevada (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption that
certain veterans were exposed to radiation and other toxins at the
Nevada Test and Training Range for purposes of the treatment of certain
disabilities under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT AS RADIATION-RISK ACTIVITIES.
Section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B) by adding at the end the following
new clause:
``(viii) At any time on or after January 1, 1972,
and before January 1, 2005, onsite participation in any
aspect of the development, construction, operation, or
maintenance of a military installation (as defined in
section 2801 of title 10) at a covered location at the
Nevada Test and Training Range.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) The term `covered location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range' means a location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range, Nevada, including a location at Indian Springs
Auxiliary Airfield, but not including a location Nellis Air
Force Base or Creech Air Force Base.''.
SEC. 2. PRESUMPTIONS OF TOXIC EXPOSURE.
Section 1119(c) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before subsection (B), as so
redesignated, the following:
``(A) on or after January 1, 1972, and before
January 1, 2005, performed active military, naval, air,
or space service while assigned to a duty station in,
including airspace above, a covered location at the
Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada;''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) The term `covered location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range' means a location at the Nevada Test and
Training Range, Nevada, including a location at Indian Springs
Auxiliary Airfield, but not including a location Nellis Air
Force Base or Creech Air Force Base.''.
SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION.
Section 1120(b) of such title is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following new
paragraph:
``(15) Only in the case of a covered veteran described in
section 1119(c)(1)(A), lipomas and tumor related conditions.''.
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