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S 3372 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Asia Birth defects Conflicts and wars Military personnel and dependents Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Veterans' pensions and compensation Vietnam

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 9, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 13, 2022
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Dec 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and care for covered children. Under the bill, a covered child is an individual, regardless of age or marital status, who is the natural child of a Vietnam veteran or a veteran of specified service in Korea or Thailand who was conceived after the date on which the veteran entered service in Vietnam, Korea, or Thailand.

The bill requires the VA to establish an advisory council on health care and benefits for covered children. Additionally, the VA must establish care and coordination teams for covered children. At least every 180 days, the teams must conduct outreach to ensure the continued care of the children and assist with any necessary changes in care.

The VA must report to Congress a list of conditions that will trigger outreach to covered children, and contact such children as soon as practicable after the identification of a condition.

The bill requires the VA to provide a covered child with health care and benefits for the duration of the child's life, regardless of the death of a parent preceding the death of the child.

The Veterans Benefits Administration and the Veterans Health Administration must enter into a memorandum of understanding to better assist covered children and establish conditions to be included in the report required by this bill.

What's happening now July 13, 2022

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Dec 7, 2022
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jul 11, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3372: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3372/
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"S. 3372: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3372/.
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S. 3372, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3372/.
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