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S 332 116th Congress Senate 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 of 2019

Introduced: February 5, 2019 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 15, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
Sep 15, 2020
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Aug 5, 2020
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Feb 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to brief Congress and report on the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide benefits to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, and have specified diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents (i.e., chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, or acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy).

The VA must implement recommendations from the GAO report related to the adjudication of claims for benefits for veterans with the specified diseases.

What's happening now September 15, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 566 Related bill Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jun 13, 2019
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 14, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 332: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-332/
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"S. 332: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-332/.
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S. 332, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-332/.
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