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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 969 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 969

To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating 
 to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
              Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2015

Mr. Gibson (for himself, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Rangel, 
 Mr. Lance, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. 
Rothfus, Mr. Massie, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Ben Ray Lujaan of New Mexico, Mr. 
 Stivers, Mr. Williams, Mr. Schiff, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Duncan of South 
Carolina, Mr. Rush, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Himes, Mr. Lewis, 
   Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Jones, Mr. Courtney, Mrs. 
   Blackburn, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Sires, Ms. Brownley of 
 California, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Bustos, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Neal, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Cook, Mr. Amodei, Ms. Wasserman 
 Schultz, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Sablan, 
Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms. Esty, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, 
 Mr. Peters, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. DeFazio, 
 Mr. Serrano, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Ashford, Mr. Polis, Mr. 
    Lowenthal, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Cohen, Ms. 
Tsongas, Ms. Lee, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. 
 Clarke of New York, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New 
Mexico, Mr. Caardenas, Mr. Honda, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Walz, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
  Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Joyce, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. 
  Tonko, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Austin Scott of 
 Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
 Mr. Latta, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Reed, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Barletta, 
 Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Higgins, Mrs. 
  Lowey, Mr. Israel, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Hanna, Mr. 
 Neugebauer, Ms. Meng, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Heck of Washington, 
    Mr. Ross, Mr. Marino, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Benishek, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. 
McKinley, Mr. Simpson, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Rogers of 
 Kentucky, Mr. Cole, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, Mr. 
Gohmert, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Olson, Mr. Renacci, 
Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Hardy, Ms. Bordallo, 
    Mr. Babin, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Webster of 
  Florida, and Ms. DeGette) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating 
 to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
              Republic of Vietnam, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR VETERANS WHO 
              SERVED IN VICINITY OF REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

    (a) Compensation.--Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of section 1116 of 
title 38, United States Code, are amended by inserting ``(including the 
territorial seas of such Republic)'' after ``served in the Republic of 
Vietnam'' each place it appears.
    (b) Health Care.--Section 1710(e)(4) of such title is amended by 
inserting ``(including the territorial seas of such Republic)'' after 
``served on active duty in the Republic of Vietnam''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect as of September 25, 1985.
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