S.Amdt. 1048

SA 1048. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Coons, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Wyden)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1003
proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) to the bill H.R.
2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1088. TREATMENT OF VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN CLEANUP
OF ENEWETAK ATOLL AS RADIATION EXPOSED VETERANS
FOR PURPOSES OF PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-
CONNECTION OF CERTAIN DISABILITIES BY
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

Section 1112(c)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(v) Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll during the period beginning
on January 1, 1977, and ending on December 31, 1980.''.
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