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Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2020
Introduced: March 11, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2020
This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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