Agent Orange Disability Benefits Act of 1987

Summary

Agent Orange Disability Benefits Act of 1987 - Creates a rebuttable presumption, for purposes of veterans' disability benefits determinations, that, in the case of any veteran who performed active service in Vietnam, the disease of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was incurred in or aggravated by such service. Allows the presumption to be rebutted upon a showing that the veteran did not incur the disease during service performed in Vietnam or that the veteran was not exposed to herbicides while performing such service.

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Timeline

1. 17 September 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 September 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 December 1987

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA, OMB, Defense Department.

   Source: Committee

4. 11 May 1988

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.

   Source: Committee

5. 12 May 1988

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 September 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

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