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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2149 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a presumption |
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| 6 | 6 | | of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | herbicide agents for certain veterans who served in Guam. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | OYLAN(for himself, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LALOTA, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. M |
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| 13 | 13 | | OULTON, Ms. TITUS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEEof Nevada, Ms. |
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| 15 | 15 | | LAIB, Ms. CHU, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. MENG, Mr. DAVISof North Caro- |
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| 16 | 16 | | lina, Mr. P |
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| 17 | 17 | | OCAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Ms. H |
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| 19 | 19 | | OYLEof Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility |
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| 23 | 23 | | for a presumption of service connection for diseases asso- |
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| 24 | 24 | | ciated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for cer- |
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| 25 | 25 | | tain veterans who served in Guam. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Correcting Guam’s 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | History in the PACT Act’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 Apr 02, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2149.IH H2149 |
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| 32 | 32 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | •HR 2149 IH |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A PRESUMPTION 1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR DISEASES AS-2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | HERBICIDE AGENTS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHO SERVED IN GUAM. 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Section 1116(d)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | is amended by striking ‘‘Guam or American Samoa, or in 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the territorial waters thereof,’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam (or 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | in the territorial waters thereof) during the period begin-9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ning on August 15, 1958, and ending on July 31, 1980, 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | or American Samoa (or in the territorial waters thereof)’’. 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Æ |
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