Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-332| Senate
| Updated: 9/15/2020
Richard Blumenthal
Democratic Senator
Connecticut
Cosponsors (3)
Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to brief Congress and report on the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide benefits to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, and have specified diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents (i.e., chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, or acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy). The VA must implement recommendations from the GAO report related to the adjudication of claims for benefits for veterans with the specified diseases.
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HR 116-566Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
Armed Forces and National Security
AsiaConflicts and warsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMilitary personnel and dependentsNeurological disordersVeterans' medical careVietnam
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-332| Senate
| Updated: 9/15/2020
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to brief Congress and report on the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide benefits to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, and have specified diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents (i.e., chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, or acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy). The VA must implement recommendations from the GAO report related to the adjudication of claims for benefits for veterans with the specified diseases.
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Latest Companion Bill Action
HR 116-566Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
Richard Blumenthal
Democratic Senator
Connecticut
Cosponsors (3)
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
Related Bills
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AsiaConflicts and warsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMilitary personnel and dependentsNeurological disordersVeterans' medical careVietnam