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HI HR147
Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Lopresti
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AI Summary
H.R. 147 Summary
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Urges U.S. Congress to restore presumption of service connection for Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served in Vietnamese waters and airspace during the Combat Zone, not just those with "boots on the ground"
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Notes that 22,000,000 gallons of Agent Orange and herbicides were sprayed during the Vietnam War, containing dioxin linked to Type II diabetes, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, prostate cancer, Parkinson's disease, multiple myeloma, peripheral neuropathy, and respiratory cancers
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Addresses that since 2001, the Department of Veterans Affairs has denied presumption of service connection to Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force veterans without written documentation of in-country presence, despite evidence of airborne and waterborne toxin exposure offshore
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Cites an Australian Department of Veterans Affairs 2002 study finding that distillation of seawater aboard ships concentrated dioxin in drinking and cooking water, and that Royal Australian Navy Vietnam veterans suffered higher mortality from Agent Orange-associated diseases
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Directs certified copies be transmitted to the President, U.S. Senate President Pro Tempore, House Speaker, and Hawaii's Congressional Delegation
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