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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1585 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of 

veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiationexposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection 

of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2021 

Ms. MENG (for herself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 

Ms. TITUS, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. 

KAHELE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GALLAGHER, 

Ms. SPEIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. LEE

of California, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. KILMER, 

Mr. VARGAS, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RYAN, Mr. BRENDAN

F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. POCAN, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. FOSTER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. 

AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. LIEU, Ms. PINGREE, 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 

Mr. RASKIN, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 

SCHRADER, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SHERRILL, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. CHU, Mr. BEYER, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL

of Florida, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. CASE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. PETERS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 

ESPAILLAT, Ms. KUSTER, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. HIGGINS of New 

York, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. EVANS, Ms. 

ESCOBAR, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SIRES, 

Mr. COSTA, Mr. CARSON, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. LAMB, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. 

RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 


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•HR 1585 IH

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 

treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup 

of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain 

disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mark Takai Atomic 

5 Veterans Healthcare Parity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN 

7 CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL AS RADI8 ATION-EXPOSED VETERANS FOR PURPOSES 

9 OF PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION 

10 OF CERTAIN DISABILITIES BY DEPARTMENT 

11 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

12 Section 1112(c)(3)(B) of title 38, United States 

13 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

14 clause: 

15 ‘‘(v) Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the 

16 period beginning on January 1, 1977, and end17 ing on December 31, 1980.’’. 

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