A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to waive the one-year limitation on claims for compensation from the Veterans' Administration for disabilities and diseases incurred in or aggravated by military service in the case of claims by veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era for compensation for disabilities resulting from exposure to the phenoxy herbicides known as "Agent Orange" or other phenoxy herbicides.

Introduced

24 April 1980

Last action

24 April 1980 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sponsors

Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2], Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31], Rep. Cotter, William R. [D-CT-1], Rep. Rosenthal, Benjamin S. [D-NY-8], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3], Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29], Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4], Rep. Baldus, Alvin J. [D-WI-3], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7], Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14], Rep. Leach, Claude (Buddy), Jr. [D-LA-4], Rep. Lloyd, James F. [D-CA-35], Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5], Rep. McKinney, Stewart B. [R-CT-4], Rep. Harris, Herbert E., II [D-VA-8], Rep. Mattox, James A. [D-TX-5], Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16], Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Ambro, Jerome A. [D-NY-3], Rep. Drinan, Robert F. [D-MA-4], Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32], Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6], Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6], Rep. Lederer, Raymond F. [D-PA-3], Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-6], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7], Rep. Maguire, Andrew [D-NJ-7], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8], Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3], Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9], Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-20], Rep. Bingham, Jonathan B. [D-NY-22], Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-7]

Subjects

Defence

Source updated

7 February 2024