Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act

Summary

Vietnam Veterans Agent Orange Relief Act - Establishes a presumption of service-connected disability for veterans exposed to herbicides during service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era who suffer from specified diseases which may be caused by exposure to such herbicides, developed to a ten percent degree of disability. Permits the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to determine what other diseases may be due to exposure to herbicides, chemicals, or environmental hazards. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations within one year of enactment incorporating such determinations and setting forth the standards used to reach them.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 25 October 1984

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• House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment

  summary · EN · 3 October 1984

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 22 May 1984

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 30 January 1984

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 25 January 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 8 March 1983

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