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Senate Bill 332
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 5, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 5, 2019
Latest Action
Sep 15, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
332
Congress
116
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
Democrat
Kirsten Gillibrand
New York
Democrat
Sherrod Brown
Ohio
Democrat
Sheldon Whitehouse
Rhode Island
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019

This bill expands eligibility for a presumption of service-connection for veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents (e.g., Agent Orange) during military service in Vietnam. Specifically, the bill removes the manifestation period required for the presumption of service-connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda.

Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for a presumption of service-connection for certain cases of acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy without a manifestation period.

Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

Text (2)
Reported to Senate
September 15, 2020
Introduced in Senate
February 5, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced in House
44
Sponsorship
House Bill 566
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
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Actions (5)
09/15/2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
09/15/2020
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.
08/05/2020
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
02/05/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
02/05/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:48 PM
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