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HR 2493 97th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Agent Orange Environmental Protection Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Vietnamese Conflict

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act

Introduced: March 12, 1981 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 12, 1981
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans exposed to herbicides during service who suffer from a disease which may be caused by exposure to such herbicides, developed to a ten percent degree of disability. Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to determine what diseases and birth defects may be due to exposure to herbicides. Qualifies such birth defects disabling to a degree of ten percent as an aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered in the line of duty in the active military service during a period of war.

Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year of enactment incorporating such determinations and setting forth the conditions of service during the Vietnam era required to establish exposure.

What's happening now March 12, 1981

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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