US Congress Senate Bill 332 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-09-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to brief Congress and report on the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide benefits to veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, and have specified diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents (i.e., chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, or acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy). The VA must implement recommendations from the GAO report related to the adjudication of claims for benefits for veterans with the specified diseases.

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act of 2019

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
2020-09-15	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
2020-08-05	Senate	Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2019-02-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB566 (Related) 2019-02-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/332/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s332/BILLS-116s332is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s332/BILLS-116s332rs.pdf