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atives and the Senate updates on the status of such 
regulations. 
(3) PENDING CASES.— 
(A) AUTHORITY TO STAY.—The Secretary 
may stay a claim described in subparagraph 
(B) until the date on which the Secretary com-
mences the implementation of such section 
1116A. 
(B) CLAIMS
DESCRIBED.—A claim de-
scribed in this subparagraph is a claim for dis-
ability compensation— 
(i) relating to the service and diseases 
covered by such section 1116A; and 
(ii) that is pending at the Veterans 
Benefits Administration or the Board of 
Veterans’ Appeals on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and before the 
date on which the Secretary commences 
the implementation of such section 1116A. 
(d) OUTREACH.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall conduct outreach to inform veterans de-
scribed in paragraph (2) of the ability to submit a 
claim for disability compensation under section 
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1116A of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a). 
(2) VETERAN DESCRIBED.—A veteran described 
in this paragraph is a veteran who, during active 
military, naval, or air service, served offshore of the 
Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on 
January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not later than January 1, 2020, and 
not later than January 1, 2022, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report on claims for disability compensation under section 
1116A of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a). Each report shall include the following with 
respect to the period covered by the report, disaggregated 
by the regional offices of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs: 
(1) The number of claims filed under such sec-
tion. 
(2) The number of such claims granted. 
(3) The number of such claims denied. 
(f) HEALTH CARE.—Section 1710(e)(4) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(including 
offshore of such Republic as described in section 1116A(d) 
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of this title)’’ after ‘‘served on active duty in the Republic 
of Vietnam’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2019. 
SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF HERBICIDE EXPOSURE FOR CER-
TAIN VETERANS WHO SERVED IN KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1116A, 
as added by section 2, the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1116B. Presumption of herbicide exposure for cer-
tain veterans who served in Korea 
‘‘(a) PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION.—(1) 
For the purposes of section 1110 of this title, and subject 
to section 1113 of this title, a disease specified in sub-
section (b) that becomes manifest as specified in that sub-
section in a veteran described in paragraph (2) shall be 
considered to have been incurred or aggravated in the line 
of duty in the active military, naval, or air service, not-
withstanding that there is no record of evidence of such 
disease during the period of such service. 
‘‘(2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a vet-
eran who, during active military, naval, or air service, 
served in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), 
during the period beginning on September 1, 1967, and 
ending on August 31, 1971. 
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‘‘(b) DISEASES.—A disease specified in this sub-
section is— 
‘‘(1) a disease specified in paragraph (2) of 
subsection (a) of section 1116 of this title that be-
comes manifest as specified in that paragraph; or 
‘‘(2) any additional disease that— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines in regula-
tions warrants a presumption of service-connec-
tion by reason of having positive association 
with exposure to an herbicide agent; and 
‘‘(B) becomes manifest within any period 
prescribed in such regulations. 
‘‘(c) HERBICIDE AGENT.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘herbicide agent’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1821(d) of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1116A, as added by sec-
tion 2, the following new item: 
‘‘1116B. Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in 
Korea.’’. 
(c) PENDING CASES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO STAY.—The Secretary may 
stay a claim described in subparagraph (B) until the 
date on which the Secretary commences the imple-
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mentation of section 1116B of title 38, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(2) CLAIMS DESCRIBED.—A claim described in 
this subparagraph is a claim for disability compensa-
tion— 
(A) relating to the service and diseases 
covered by such section 1116B; and 
(B) that is pending at the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration or the Board of Veterans’ 
Appeals on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and before the date on which the 
Secretary commences the implementation of 
such section 1116B. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2019. 
SEC. 4. BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF CERTAIN THAILAND 
SERVICE 
VETERANS 
BORN 
WITH 
SPINA 
BIFIDA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 18 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1822. Benefits for children of certain Thailand 
service veterans born with spina bifida 
‘‘(a) BENEFITS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may 
provide to any child of a veteran of covered service in 
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