I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1359 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2017 Mrs. Walorski (for herself and Miss Rice of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , 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 A BILL To provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes.