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HI HCR175
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Lopresti
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AI Summary
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Urges United States Congress to restore presumption of service connection for Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served in Vietnamese waters and airspace during the Combat Zone period.
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Notes that 22,000,000 gallons of Agent Orange and other dioxin-containing herbicides were sprayed over Vietnam during the war, linked to serious illnesses including Type II diabetes, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate cancer, and Parkinson's disease.
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Addresses the Department of Veterans Affairs 2001 policy that denies benefits to Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force veterans without written documentation of "boots on the ground" in-country, despite scientific evidence of Agent Orange exposure through airborne and waterborne distribution.
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Cites Australian studies showing distillation of seawater on warships concentrated dioxin in drinking and cooking water, and CDC research indicating higher cancer rates among United States Navy veterans.
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the President, Congressional leadership, and Hawaii's Congressional Delegation as an official memorial to Congress.
Legislative Description
Urging The United States Congress To Restore The Presumption Of A Service Connection For Agent Orange Exposure To United States Veterans Who Served In The Waters Defined By The Combat Zone And In The Airspace Over The Combat Zone In Vietnam.
Urging the United States Congress is to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to United Stat
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).
3/28/2018