A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations providing that a presumption of service connection is warranted for a disease with a positive association with exposure to a herbicide agent, and for other purposes.

Summary

This bill reinstates and extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to determine and regulate diseases that warrant a presumption of service connection after exposure to a herbicide agent. Under a presumption of service connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits may then be awarded.

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Timeline

1. 26 September 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 September 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 26 September 2018 · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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Sponsors

• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
• Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act