To limit the use of funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs for presumption of service-connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam and certain additional diseases until the period for disapproval by Congress of the regulation establishing such presumption has expired.

1. Inserts new text at the end of chapter 9 of title I

   Inserts

   In H.R. 4899 · Reported to Senate

   (b) Section 3002 shall not apply to the amount in this section.

   Inserted: limitation on use of funds available to the department of veterans affairs

   Inserted: Sec. 902. The amount made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs by this chapter under the heading "Veterans Benefits Administration" under the heading "compensation and pensions" may not be obligated or expended until the expiration of the period for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the "Congressional Review Act"), of the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a service connection between exposure of veterans to Agent Orange during service in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and hairy cell leukemia and other chronic B cell leukemias, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic heart disease.

   Original wording

   At the end of chapter 9 of title I, add the following:

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