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S 1629 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Asia Conflicts and wars Disability and paralysis Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Vietnam

Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011

Introduced: September 23, 2011 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Sep 23, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 23, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.
What's happening now September 23, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 812 Related bill Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011
  • HR 3612 Related bill Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1 Independent 1
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 27, 2012
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2012
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jan 31, 2012
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jan 31, 2012
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 30, 2012
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Dec 8, 2011
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Sep 23, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1629: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1629/
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"S. 1629: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1629/.
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S. 1629, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1629/.
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