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<item congress="114" measure-type="s" measure-number="2081" measure-id="id114s2081" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2015-09-25" update-date="2015-09-30">
<title>A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend authorities for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand presumption of service connection for compensation for diseases the Secretary determines are associated with exposure to herbicide agents, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s2081v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-09-30">
<action-date>2015-09-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill extends for five years the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicides, including Agent Orange, with respect to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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