US Congress House Bill 2254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 193-71-1)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009 - Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam, for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam, such Republic's inland waterways, ports, and harbors, waters offshore, and airspace above. Includes as veterans eligible for such presumption those who: (1) served on Johnston Island during the period beginning on April 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977; or (2) received the Vietnam Service Medal or the Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. John Adler [D-NJ]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]
Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. John Boccieri [D-OH]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite [R-FL]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]
Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D-IN]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Rep. Harry Mitchell [D-AZ]	Rep. Alan Mollohan [D-WV]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. Glenn Nye [D-VA]	Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Zachary Space [D-OH]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS]	Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]
Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-08		Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2009-05-05		Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB1939 (Same As) 2010-05-19 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2254/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2254/BILLS-111hr2254ih.pdf