US Congress Senate Bill 1195 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-17-2)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Extends the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide (e.g., Agent Orange) exposure to veterans who served (1) offshore of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities or diseases 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. The bill extends eligibility for health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance to children with spina bifida who have at least one veteran parent who may have been exposed to an herbicide agent while serving in Thailand between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. The Department of Veterans Affairs must report on the Follow-up Study of a National Cohort of Gulf War and Gulf War Era Veterans.

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB203 (Related) 2019-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
HB299 (Similar To) 2019-06-25 - Became Public Law No: 116-23. (TXT | PDF)
SB576 (Related) 2019-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1195/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1195/BILLS-116s1195is.pdf