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H.R. 6127: Extension of Health Care Eligibility for Veterans Who Served at Qarmat Ali Act

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H.R. 6127: Extension of Health Care Eligibility for Veterans Who Served at Qarmat Ali Act

111th Congress · introduced 2010-09-15 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2010-09-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Extension of Health Care Eligibility for Veterans Who Served at Qarmat Ali Act

Plain summary

Extension of Health Care Eligibility for Veterans Who Served at Qarmat Ali Act - Makes eligible for hospital and nursing home care and medical services for any disability, notwithstanding sufficient medical evidence to conclude that such disability is associated with exposure to sodium dichromate (or other toxic substances), a veteran who: (1) served on active duty at or near the water injection plant at Qarmat Ali, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom; (2) is notified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) of possible exposure to sodium dichromate during such service; and (3) enrolls in the VA patient enrollment system within five years after such notification. Authorizes the Secretary to base a notification of possible exposure to sodium dichromate (or other toxic substances) on information received from the Secretary of Defense (DOD).

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Official text

Extension of Health Care Eligibility for Veterans Who Served at Qarmat Ali Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] · 4 cosponsors

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Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr6127 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111