IL HR0060

Urges Congress to pass legislation expanding presumptions for Agent Orange exposure to cover veterans who served in Vietnam, Thailand, and the Korean demilitarized zone for treatment purposes.

Recognizes that veterans who served in Vietnam and Thailand from January 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975 and in the Korean demilitarized zone from September 1, 1967 to August 31, 1971 were exposed to Agent Orange.

Notes that Agent Orange was sprayed on more than 12,000 square miles of Vietnam and that up to four million people were exposed, with as many as three million reporting health problems including birth defects, mental disabilities, and cancers.

References federal legislation H.R. 299, which passed the House in January 2017 but stalled in the Senate, to expand service connection presumptions for herbicide-related diseases.

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the President, U.S. Senate and House leadership, and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.