Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021

United States117th CongressHR-1126House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 30, 2021

Summary

Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2021 This bill provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality of Vieques. An individual claimant shall be awarded monetary compensation if the claimant contracted a chronic, life threatening, or physical or mental disease or illness, during or after the government used the island for military readiness.

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S-405: Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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  4. Committee Hearings Held.

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