3.0.0 3355 2023-01-11T13:41:41Z 2023-01-11T13:41:41Z Senate S 2018-08-21 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-08-21T15:56:06Z Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act 115 6566 HR 2018-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-08-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-08-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Armed Forces and National Security Asia Conflicts and wars Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Military personnel and dependents Neurological disorders Veterans' medical care Vietnam Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-08-21 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-26T23:19:18Z Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018

This bill, with respect to veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents during military, naval, or air service in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975: (1) removes the manifestation period required for presumption of service connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, and (2) includes in such presumption acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a disability degree of 10% or more.

Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded without having to go through a separate adjudicative process.

]]> Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018 Display Title Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the manifestation period required for the presumptions of service connection for chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3355is/xml/BILLS-115s3355is.xml 2018-08-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.