United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1972 (117th)
Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021
Introduced
17 March 2021
Last action
16 June 2021 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Sponsors
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9], Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22], Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
Subjects
Healthcare, Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021 This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for hypertension and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions 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.
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Timeline
17 March 2021
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
17 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2021
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 March 2021 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021
- related to ← Honoring our PACT Act of 2022
- related to ← COST of War Act of 2021
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1972
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1972
- us · 117-hr-1972 · source updated 5 December 2025