US Congress House Bill 3605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-28 - 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]

Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 This bill provides a presumption of herbicide exposure as the service-connected cause of certain diseases notwithstanding that there is no evidentiary record of any such disease during a veteran's service period. The bill defines a "veteran" for purposes of this bill as an individual who, during active military, naval, or air service, served in or near the Korean demilitarized zone during the period beginning on September 1, 1967, and ending on August 31, 1971. The bill specifies such a disease as: (1) a listed disease that becomes manifest, or (2) any additional disease that the Department of Veterans Affairs determines warrants a presumption of service-connection by reason of a positive association with herbicide exposure and that manifests itself within a prescribed period.

Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017

Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2017-07-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-07-28	House	Introduced in House

SB2038 (Same As) 2017-10-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB299 (Related) 2018-08-01 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3605/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3605/BILLS-115hr3605ih.pdf