US Congress House Bill 566 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-16)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-01 - 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]

Expands eligibility for a presumption of service-connection for veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents (e.g., Agent Orange) during military service in Vietnam. Specifically, the bill removes the manifestation period required for the presumption of service-connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda. Additionally, the bill provides statutory authority for a presumption of service-connection for certain cases of acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy without a manifestation period. 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.

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act

Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. James Baird [R-IN]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2019-01-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-01-15	House	Introduced in House

SB332 (Related) 2020-09-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/566/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr566/BILLS-116hr566ih.pdf