U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 565
Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021
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, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Tina SmithD-MN
- Introduced
- March 3, 2021, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (19)
16 Democrats, 3 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Tammy BaldwinD-WI
- Richard BlumenthalD-CT
- Susan M. CollinsR-ME
- Christopher A. CoonsD-DE
- Mazie K. HironoD-HI
- Angus S. King, Jr.D-ME
- Amy KlobucharD-MN
- Patrick J. LeahyD-VT
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Kyrsten SinemaD-AZ
- Thom TillisR-NC
- Chris Van HollenD-MD
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Ron WydenD-OR
Signed on later
- Mike CrapoR-IDJune 24, 2021
- Catherine Cortez MastoD-NVJuly 14, 2021
- Tammy DuckworthD-ILJuly 14, 2021
- Dianne FeinsteinD-CAAugust 4, 2021