[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3507 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3507

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2018

 Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              REGARDING PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR DISEASES 
              ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDE AGENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1116(e) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``September 30, 2015'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2025''.
    (b) Treatment of Reports Received During Expired Period.--Each 
report described in section 1116(c)(1)(A) of such title that was 
received by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the period 
beginning on September 30, 2015, and ending on the date of the 
enactment of this Act shall be treated, for purposes of such section, 
as if it were received by the Secretary on the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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