Family Member Access to Burn Pit Registry Act

Bill: 116-hr-1001
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2019-02-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Fires

Government information and archives

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Health information and medical records

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Family Member Access to Burn Pit Registry Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes a family member to register on behalf of a deceased veteran or servicemember in the Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry. A burn pit is an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment. The registry allows certain veterans and servicemembers to report deployment exposures to airborne hazards such as smoke from burn pits, oil-well fires, or pollution, as well as other exposures and health concerns.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1001 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2019 Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Walorski , Ms. Gabbard , Mr. Ruiz , Mr. Welch , Mr. Thompson of California , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a process by which a family member of a deceased individual who is eligible for the Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit registry may register for such registry on behalf of the deceased individual.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family Member Access to Burn Pit Registry Act . 2. Authority for family members to register for Department of Veterans Affairs burn pit registry on behalf of deceased eligible individuals Section 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–260 ; 38 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) Registration on behalf of deceased individuals In the case of a deceased eligible individual, the Secretary shall provide a process by which an immediate family member of the individual may register for the burn pit registry under this section on behalf of the deceased eligible individual. .