(B) is affected by health issues described in 
subparagraph (A) as the child or descendant of an 
individual described in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 4. PUBLIC RESEARCH. 
The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall identify and provide assistance to support re-
search relating to health issues of individuals affected by 
Agent Orange. Such research should include recommended 
focus provided by the United States Institute of Medicine 
as identified in their biennial Veterans and Agent Orange 
Update, and supported by the active involvement of 
schools of public health and medicine located in the United 
States, Vietnam, and other interested countries. 
SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR 
VIETNAMESE-AMERICANS. 
(a) HEALTH ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall make grants to appropriate 
public health organizations and Vietnamese-American or-
ganizations for the purpose of conducting a broad health 
assessment of Vietnamese-Americans who may have been 
exposed to Agent Orange and their children or descend-
ants to determine the effects to their health of such expo-
sure. 
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(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall establish centers in locations in the 
United States where large populations of Vietnamese- 
Americans reside for the purpose of providing assessment, 
counseling, and treatment for conditions related to expo-
sure to Agent Orange. The Secretary may carry out this 
subsection through appropriate community and non-
governmental organizations or other suitable organiza-
tions, as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 6. PROVISION OF BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN OF MALE 
VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM WHO 
ARE AFFECTED BY CERTAIN BIRTH DEFECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 18 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘woman Vietnam veteran’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Vietnam veteran’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘women Vietnam veterans’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Vietnam veterans’’; 
and 
(3) in the heading of such subchapter, by strik-
ing ‘‘WOMEN’’. 
(b) ACCESS
TO RECORDS
FOR RESEARCH PUR-
POSES.—Section 1813(b) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall require any health care pro-
vider with whom the Secretary enters into a contract 
under this subsection to provide access to the medical 
records of individuals who receive health care under this 
section to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the pur-
pose of conducting research or providing support for re-
search into the intergenerational effects of Agent Orange 
exposure.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking 
the item relating to subchapter II and inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II. CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH CERTAIN 
BIRTH DEFECTS’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall each complete a plan for the implemen-
tation of the provisions of this Act, and the amendments 
made by this Act, applicable to such Secretary and shall 
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issue a request for proposals, if applicable. The Secretary 
of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each imple-
ment the provisions of this Act applicable to such Sec-
retary by not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. QUARTERLY REPORTS. 
Not later than 30 days after the last day of each fis-
cal quarter beginning on or after 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall each submit to Congress 
a report on the implementation of the provisions of this 
Act applicable to such Secretary during the immediately 
preceding fiscal quarter. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Agent Orange’’ 
includes any chemical compound which became part, ei-
ther by design or through impurities, of an herbicide agent 
used in support of the United States and allied military 
operations in the Republic of Vietnam. 
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