HR 1961
98th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative procedure
Agent Orange
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government liability
Herbicides
Leukemia
Medical research
Nuclear weapons
Radiation
Radiation safety
Skin diseases
Survivors' benefits
Thyroid diseases
Veterans' disability compensation
Vietnam veterans
Vietnamese Conflict
Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act
Introduced: March 8, 1983
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32 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 1984
Signed by President.
Oct 24, 1984
Became Public Law No: 98-542.
Oct 18, 1984
Presented to President.
Oct 15, 1984
Measure Signed in Senate.
Oct 4, 1984
Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
Oct 4, 1984
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to the Senate amendment. By Voice Vote.
Oct 3, 1984
House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments.
Oct 3, 1984
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Concurred, in Senate Amendments , with Amendments.
May 22, 1984
Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Simpson; Thurmond; Cranston.
May 22, 1984
Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.
May 22, 1984
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1651 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
May 22, 1984
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1651 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
May 22, 1984
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1651 amended.
May 22, 1984
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Jan 31, 1984
Received in the Senate and held at the desk. Pending further disposition and pursuant to the order of the Senate of January 30, 1984.
Jan 30, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan 30, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jan 30, 1984
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Jan 25, 1984
Placed on Union Calendar No: 336.
Jan 25, 1984
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Report No: 98-592.
Nov 3, 1983
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Nov 3, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 28, 1983
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Jul 28, 1983
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 12, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 28, 1983
Executive Comment Received From VA.
Apr 27, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 26, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 26, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance.
Apr 25, 1983
Executive Comment Received From VA.
Mar 8, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 8, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans exposed to herbicides during service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era who suffer from specified diseases which may be caused by exposure to such herbicides, developed to a ten percent degree of disability. Permits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to determine what other diseases may be due to exposure to herbicides, chemicals, or environmental hazards.
Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year of enactment incorporating such determinations and setting forth the standards used to reach them.
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Became Public Law No: 98-542.
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