Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act
- Last Action
- 3/14/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-14Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-03-14Introduced in House
- 2025-03-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-03-14 (00)
Correcting Guam's History in the PACT Act
This bill expands eligibility for a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
Under the bill, service performed in Guam or its territorial waters between August 15, 1958, and July 31, 1980, provides a veteran who has a specified disease that is associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents with eligibility for a presumption of service-connection. (Under current law, the eligible time frame for service in Guam is between January 9, 1962, and July 31, 1980.)
Cosponsors (20)
- Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Donald Davis (D-NC)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Val Hoyle (D-OR)
- Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
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