US HB969 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015 Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.

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Title

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015

Sponsors

Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. John Carter [R-TX]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]Rep. Cresent Hardy [R-NV]Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]
Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]Rep. David Young [R-IA]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. French Hill [R-AR]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]
Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-06HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2015-02-13HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-02-13HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB681 (Same As) 2015-05-13 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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