H.R. 2371 · 117th Congress
Veterans’ Right to Breathe Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Raul Ruiz
- Introduced
- 2021-04-05
- Latest action
- 2021-07-14 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Summary
Veterans' Right to Breathe Act
This bill provides a presumption of service-connection to burn pit-exposed veterans for certain diseases. 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. A burn pit-exposed veteran is a veteran who was supporting a contingency operation on or after January 1, 1990, and was stationed at a location where an open burn pit (an area used for burning solid waste in open air without equipment) was used.