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HR 6566 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Asia Conflicts and wars Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Military personnel and dependents Neurological disorders Veterans' medical care Vietnam

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act

Introduced: September 25, 2018 Introduced by: Courtney, Joe Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act

This bill, with respect to veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents during military, naval, or air service in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975: (1) removes the manifestation period required for presumption of service connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, and (2) includes in such presumption acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a disability degree of 10% or more.

Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded without having to go through a separate adjudicative process.

What's happening now July 26, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3355 Related bill Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6566: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6566/
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"H.R. 6566: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6566/.
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H.R. 6566, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6566/.
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