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H.R. 1173 (97th)

A bill to amend section 307 of Public Law 96-151, by assigning the responsibility of designing a protocol for, and conducting an epidemiological study of, veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, to an independent scientific agency.

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22 January 1981

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Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Amends the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 to direct the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assign to an independent scientific agency the responsibility of designing a protocol for and conducting an epidemiological study of veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange. Authorizes appropriations.

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