[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4400 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4400

To expand the scope of the Department of Veterans Affairs open burn pit 
                               registry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2021

Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Gallego, and Mr. 
    Welch) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the scope of the Department of Veterans Affairs open burn pit 
                               registry.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Burn Pit Registry Expansion Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPEN BURN 
              PIT REGISTRY TO INCLUDE OPEN BURN PITS IN EGYPT AND 
              SYRIA.

    Section 201(c)(2) of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' 
Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 38 U.S.C. 527 
note) is amended, in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 
``or Iraq'' and inserting ``, Iraq, Egypt, or Syria''.
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