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Keeping Our Promises Act

Introduced: November 30, 2021 Introduced by: Westerman, Bruce Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Mar 26, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 26, 2021
Introduced in House
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Keeping Our Promises Act

This bill expands the list of diseases that are provided a presumption of service-connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975.

The bill extends through September 30, 2030, the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make determinations and submissions related to the connection between herbicide exposure and occurrence of disease. Additionally, the VA is prohibited from taking the costs of compensation into account when determining the association between exposure to an herbicide agent and occurrence of a disease.

The bill requires the VA to determine within 120 days (currently 60) whether a presumption of service-connection is warranted for diseases covered by a National Academy of Sciences report.

What's happening now June 22, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 10 Republican 8
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 7, 2021
Kahele, Kaiali'i
· Nov 30, 2021
Kilmer, Derek
· May 12, 2021
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · May 12, 2021
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Apr 8, 2021
Rodgers, Cathy
· Apr 8, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Mar 26, 2021
 R
Bergman, Jack
Michigan · Mar 26, 2021
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 26, 2021
Delgado, Antonio
· Mar 26, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 2021
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Mar 26, 2021
 R
Harshbarger, Diana
Tennessee · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 26, 2021
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Mar 26, 2021
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Mar 26, 2021
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 26, 2021
Walorski, Jackie
· Mar 26, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2268: Keeping Our Promises Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2268/
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"H.R. 2268: Keeping Our Promises Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2268/.
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