Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's Disease. 5/13/2008--Introduced. Adds Parkinson's disease (manifested to a degree of disability of 10% or more) to the list of diseases considered to have been incurred in or aggravated by military service in Vietnam, notwithstanding that there is no evidence of the disease during the period of service, provided a veteran served between specified dates and was exposed to an herbicide used in military operations during that period.
Latest Action: 09/06/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend title 38, United States Code, chapter 11, to clarify that an award of benefits based on a regulatory presumption established pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1116 after September 30, 2002, cannot be made effective earlier than the date the regulatory presumption was established; and to clarify that the presumption of herbicide exposure provided by 38 U.S.C. section 1116(f) applies only to veterans who served in Vietnam on land or on Vietnam's inland waterways and not to those who served only in waters offshore or in airspace above. 9/6/2007--Introduced. Agent Orange Equitable Compensation Act - States that awards of veterans' disability compensation based on a presumption of service-connection due to exposure to certain herbicide agents during service in Vietnam (Agent Orange compensation) shall not be effective earlier than the effective date of the regulation establishing such presumption. States that, for purposes of such presumption, a veteran will [...] show full description
Latest Action: 09/29/2008 - Mr. Markey asked unanimous consent that the bill, H.R. 3399, be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition, to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs. Agreed to without objection. Bill TextTo prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Prohibits the use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of atrazine (pesticide chemical 2-chloro-4-ethylamine-6-isopropylamin-1,3,5-triazine) or an atrazine product.
Also tagged in: Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Arizona, Authorization, Bees, Biological research, Budgets, California, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Department of Agriculture, Ecological research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Florida, Fungicides, Genetic engineering, Genetic research, Hazardous substances, Immunology, Insect control, Insects, Laboratories, Maryland, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Natural resources, New York State, Pesticides, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Texas, Toxicology, Utah, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill TextA bill to authorize resources for sustained research and analysis to address colony collapse disorder and the decline of North American pollinators. 6/26/2007--Introduced. Pollinator Protection Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Research Service, for: (1) personnel, facilities improvement, and additional research at Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratories; (2) research on honey bee physiology, insect pathology, insect chemical ecology, and honey and native bee toxicology at other Department facilities in New York, Florida, California, Utah, and Texas; and (3) research to identify causes and solutions for Colony Collapse Disorder, with specified amounts for research at the Agricultural Research Services in Beltsville, Maryland, and Tucson, Arizona. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary, through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, for research grants to investigate: [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agricultural extension work, Agricultural research, Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Authorization, Bees, Biological research, Budgets, California, Department of Agriculture, Ecological research, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Florida, Fungicides, Genetic engineering, Genetic research, Hazardous substances, Immunology, Insect control, Insects, Laboratories, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Natural resources, New York State, Pesticides, Research grants, Science policy, Texas, Toxicology, Veterinary medicine
Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E663-664) Bill TextTo authorize resources for sustained research and analysis to address Colony Collapse Disorder, and for other purposes. 3/27/2007--Introduced. Pollinator Protection Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Research Service, for: (1) personnel, facilities improvement, and additional research at Department of Agriculture Apicultural Research Laboratories; (2) research on honey bee physiology, insect pathology, insect chemical ecology, and honey bee toxicology at other Department facilities in New York, Florida, California, and Texas; and (3) research to identify causes and solutions for Colony Collapse Disorder. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary, through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, for research grants to investigate: (1) honey bee immunology, genomics, biology, ecology, and bioinformatics; (2) pollination biology; and (3) the effects of genetically modified crops, insecticides,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo provide compensation to individuals who, during the Vietnam conflict, were employees of the Federal Government or contractor employees of the Department of Defense and suffered disability or death from exposure to Agent Orange. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Civilian Agent Orange Act of 2007 - Establishes the: (1) Agent Orange Illness Compensation Program to provide compensation for federal employees or employees of contractors of the Department of Defense (DOD) who contracted an Agent Orange illness while employed during the Vietnam conflict and suffered injury or death by reason of that illness; and (2) Agent Orange Illness Compensation Fund to make such payments. Fixes the compensation amount at $100,000, payable either to the employee or his or her eligible survivor. Offsets such payment by any payment made on a claim based on the same illness, injury, or death on account of exposure to Agent Orange herbicides.
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