Current status is Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1400

1. Treatment as radiation-risk activities
2. Presumptions of toxic exposure
3. Presumption of service connection

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.

(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.

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;

(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.

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: