HR 1587
107th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Cancer
Health
Lung cancer
Respiratory diseases
Veterans' disability compensation
Vietnam veterans
Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001
Introduced: April 25, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Apr 25, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 25, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001 - Repeals the requirement that, in order to be considered service-connected and, therefore, compensable under veterans' disability compensation, respiratory cancers must have become manifest in a veteran within 30 years after the last date on which the veteran performed active military service in the Republic of Vietnam.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Committees of jurisdiction
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