SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 40

(By Senators Leonhardt, Ashley, Blair, Boley, Boso, Carmichael, Cline, Facemire, Ferns, Gaunch, Hall, Karnes, Maynard, Mullins, Takubo, Walters, Williams, Yost and Stollings)

[Introduced February 20, 2016.]

Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature encourage passage by Congress of the Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016.

Whereas, The Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016 is a bill to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish an advisory board on these health conditions and for other purposes; and

Whereas, No additional funds are to be authorized or appropriated to carry out the act because amounts otherwise made available for the purposes of the act will be used; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature of the State of West Virginia urges the members of Congress to pass the proposed legislation entitled the Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016, the purpose of which is to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish an advisory board on such health conditions and for other purposes; and, be it

Further Resolved,

That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to send copies of this resolution to the  President and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and to the members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives from this state.