To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
- Last Action
- 4/29/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-29Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2019-04-10Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2019-04-10Introduced in House
- 2019-04-10Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-10 (00)
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, if it creates a presumption of service-connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to an herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at a military base in Thailand, such presumption must also apply to exposure at any military base in Thailand, regardless of where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.
Cosponsors (20)
- Scott Tipton (R-CO)
- Joe Cunningham (D-SC)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Greg Gianforte (R-MT)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
- Jackie Speier (D-CA)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
- J. Hill (R-AR)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Chris Collins (R-NY)
- Steven Horsford (D-NV)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
Subjects
- Asia
- Conflicts and wars
- Disability assistance
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Thailand
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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