S 786
98th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Agent Orange
Veterans' disability compensation
Vietnamese Conflict
Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act
Introduced: March 11, 1983
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 22, 1983
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-511.
Jun 2, 1983
Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.
Mar 15, 1983
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB.
Mar 11, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Mar 11, 1983
Introduced in Senate
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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Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-511.
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