US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-9)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-04 - Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2219-2220)
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A concurrent resolution 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.

A concurrent resolution 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.

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]
Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-04	Senate	Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2219-2220)

HCR45 (Same As) 2017-04-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/12/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sconres12/BILLS-115sconres12is.pdf