Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-5610
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia

Cancer

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Conflicts and wars

Digestive and metabolic diseases

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Military personnel and dependents

Neurological disorders

Veterans' medical care

Vietnam
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5610 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2020 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Stauber ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases presumed to have a service connection to exposure to certain herbicide agents.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act . 2. Additional diseases presumed to have a service connection to exposure to certain herbicide agents Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (I) Parkinsonism. (J) Bladder cancer. (K) Hypertension. (L) Hypothyroidism. .