S 3507
115th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations providing that a presumption of service connection is warranted for a disease with a positive association with exposure to a herbicide agent, and for other purposes.
Introduced: September 26, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 26, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill reinstates and extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine and regulate diseases that warrant a presumption of service connection after exposure to a herbicide agent. Under a presumption of service connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits may then be awarded.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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