United States · Bill · S
S. 657 (117th)
A bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
Introduced
10 March 2021
Last action
28 April 2021 · Committee
Status
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
Sponsors
Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
29 May 2026
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that, if it creates a presumption of service-connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to an herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces between January 9, 1962, and June 30, 1976, at a military base in Thailand, such presumption must also apply to exposure at any military base in Thailand, regardless of where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.
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Timeline
10 March 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
10 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
28 April 2021
Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-137.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 10 March 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/657
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/657
- us · 117-s-657 · source updated 29 May 2026