H.R. 8261 · 116th Congress
Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020
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Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 15, 2020
Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases associated with exposure to open burn pits (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) and other toxins by veterans who meet certain criteria. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
The bill also makes disability or death from certain diseases due to service in support of a military operation for at least 15 days in a specified location compensable as a work injury.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020
Latest action (Sep 15, 2020): Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 15, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.