Bill > HR411

Introduced Session

Fort McClellan Health Registry Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Fort McClellan Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, while serving in the Armed Forces, was stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, during the period beginning on January 1, 1935, and ending on May 20, 1999, and who: (1) applies for care or services from the VA; (2) files a claim for compensation on the basis of any disability which may be associated with such service; (3) dies and is survived by a spouse, child, or parent who files a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation on the basis of such service; (4) requests a health examination from the VA; or (5) receives such health examination and requests inclusion in the Registry. Requires the Secretary, upon request, to provide such health examination, as well as consultation and counseling with respect to examination results. Directs the Secretary to: (1) notify individuals in the Registry of significant developments in research on the health consequences of potential exposure to a toxic substance or environmental hazard related to service at Fort McClellan; and (2) carry out appropriate outreach activities with respect to such health examinations, consultation, and counseling.

Committee Categories

Paul Tonko (D)*,  Ron Barber (D),  John Barrow (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Madeleine Bordallo (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Ken Calvert (R),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Chris Collins (R),  John Conyers (D),  Joseph Crowley (WFP),  Henry Cuellar (D),  Steve Daines (R),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  William Enyart (D),  Sam Farr (D),  Bill Foster (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Christopher Gibson (R),  Gene Green (D),  Tim Griffin (R),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Janice Hahn (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Rush Holt (D),  Michael Honda (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Duncan Hunter (R),  Steve Israel (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Bill Johnson (R),  Hank Johnson (D),  Walter Jones (R),  Jack Kingston (R),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  James Langevin (D),  Rick Larsen (D),  Tom Latham (R),  Barbara Lee (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Nita Lowey (D),  Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),  Daniel Maffei (D),  Tom Marino (R),  Thomas Massie (R),  Jim Matheson (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Vance McAllister (R),  Carolyn McCarthy (D),  Jim McDermott (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Michael Michaud (D),  Richard Neal (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Richard Nugent (R),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  William Owens (D),  Collin Peterson (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Bill Posey (R),  Nick Rahall (D),  Charles Rangel (D),  Reid Ribble (R),  Jon Runyan (R),  Tim Ryan (D),  Austin Scott (R),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Steve Stivers (R),  Mark Takano (D),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Mike Thompson (D),  John Tierney (D),  Niki Tsongas (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Timothy Walz (D),  Melvin Watt (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Kevin Yoder (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 02/08/2013)