A bill to require the Administrator of the Veterans' Administration to provide for an epidemiological study of the gender-specific effect of exposure to the herbicide known as Agent Orange on female veterans.
Requires the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to arrange for an epidemiological study of any long-term adverse gender-specific health effects on women veterans of Vietnam as a result of exposure to herbicides such as Agent Orange or to dioxins produced during the manufacture of such herbicides. Requires such study to be conducted in accordance with a protocol approved by the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment. Requires reports concerning such study by the Director to the appropriate congressional committees, at specified periods.
Requires the Administrator, not later than 24 months after the date of approval of the protocol approved by the Director, to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning such study, together with recommendations. Requires the Administrator, within 90 days after the submission of each such report, to publish in the Federal Register any actions proposed by the Administrator with respect to programs administered by the Veterans Administration.
Specifies that this Act does not authorize the enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal year before FY 1987.
Outlines terms for a contract to carry out such study.
See H.R.3500 (Title X).