,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #i1        
#bjag,ms4 ,velzquez 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,lo,biondo1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1
 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4       
,lance1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,king of   
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1
 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick     
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,miss           
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4   
,pallone1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4
 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,jackson    
,lee1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mrs4   
,radewagen1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,sires1   
,mr4 ,pearce1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4      
,quigley1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mr4 ,carson of
 ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,engel1 and ,mr4        
,mc,eachin7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to establish a           
presumption of service-connection of    
disabilities relating to blast exposures

 with respect to disability compensation
 payments by the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,blast ,exposure    
,protection ,act of #bjag4  #b4         
,presumption of service-connection of   
disabilities relating to blast exposure 
,section #aaab of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   
7d7 ,for the purposes of section #aaaj  
of this title1 and subject to the       
provisions of section #aaac of this     
title1 an injury or illness of a veteran
 that is associated with a blast        
exposure by the veteran during active   
military1 naval1 or air service shall be
 considered to have been incurred in or 
aggravated during such active military1 
naval1 or air service1 notwithstanding  
that there is no record of evidence of  
such injury or illness during a period  
of such service4  4