S 2081
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Asia
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Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend authorities for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand presumption of service connection for compensation for diseases the Secretary determines are associated with exposure to herbicide agents, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 25, 2015
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 25, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 25, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill extends for five years the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicides, including Agent Orange, with respect to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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