US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 45 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-04 - 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]

Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Recognizes that the intent of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 included the presumption that veterans who served in the Armed Forces in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, served in Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991. Expresses the intent that such veterans who served in those areas and other areas exposed to Agent Orange who have been diagnosed with connected medical conditions should be equally recognized for such exposure through equitable benefits and coverage as those who served in the inland rivers and on the Vietnamese land mass. Calls on the Department of Veterans Affairs to review its policy that excludes presumptive coverage for Agent Orange exposure for such veterans.

Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.

Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2017-04-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-04-04	House	Introduced in House

SCR12 (Same As) 2017-04-04 - Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2219-2220)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/45/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hconres45/BILLS-115hconres45ih.pdf