United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6562 (110th)
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008
Introduced
22 July 2008
Last action
22 July 2008 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Mario Diaz-Balart, Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29], Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6], Sam Graves, Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7], WILLIAM THORNBERRY, Emanuel Cleaver, Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Mike Rogers, Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8], Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11], Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5], Jerry McNerney
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam, for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam, such Republic's inland waterways, waters offshore, and airspace above.
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Timeline
22 July 2008
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
22 July 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
22 July 2008
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 22 July 2008 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 22 July 2008
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 22 July 2008
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 22 July 2008
Sponsors
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Mario Diaz-Balart · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Sam Graves · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7] · D · Cosponsor
- WILLIAM THORNBERRY · R · Cosponsor
- Emanuel Cleaver · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Cosponsor
- Mike Rogers · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Jerry McNerney · D · Cosponsor
- · hsvr00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6562
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6562
- us · 110-hr-6562 · source updated 14 August 2025