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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2433
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take actions necessary to
ensure that certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with
a registered individual’s cause of death, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 8, 2021
Mr. RUIZ (for himself and Mr. WENSTRUP) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take actions
necessary to ensure that certain individuals may update
the burn pit registry with a registered individual’s cause
of death, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Burn Pit Registry En-
5 hancement Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. BURN PIT REGISTRY UPDATES.
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7 (a) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO UPDATE.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
3 retary of Veterans Affairs shall take actions nec-
4 essary to ensure that the burn pit registry may be
5 updated with the cause of death of a deceased reg-
6 istered individual by—
7 (A) an individual designated by such de-
8 ceased registered individual; or
9 (B) if no such individual is designated, an
10 immediate family member of such deceased reg-
11 istered individual.
12 (2) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall pro-
13 vide, with respect to the burn pit registry, a process
14 by which a registered individual may make a des-
15 ignation for purposes of paragraph (1)(A).
16 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
17 (1) The term ‘‘burn pit registry’’ means the
18 registry established under section 201 of the Dig-
19 nified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improve-
20 ment Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C.
21 527 note).
22 (2) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’, with
23 respect to a deceased individual, means—
24 (A) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, or
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1 (B) an adult person to whom the indi-
2 vidual stands in loco parentis; or
3 (C) any other adult person—
4 (i) living in the household of the indi-
5 vidual at the time of the death of the indi-
6 vidual; and
7 (ii) related to the individual by blood
8 or marriage.
9 (3) The term ‘‘registered individual’’ means an
10 individual registered with the burn pit registry.
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