A bill 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
- 4/28/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-28Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
- 2021-03-10Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2021-03-10Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-10 (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 between January 9, 1962, and June 30, 1976, 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)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Subjects
- Asia
- Conflicts and wars
- Disability assistance
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Thailand
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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