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S.Amdt. 1972Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)2nd degree

To expand the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam.

Sponsored by Jon TesterSen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Submitted June 25, 2020

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 1972, under the order of 7/2/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 6. Record Vote Number: 136.

July 22, 2020

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 1972, under the order of 7/2/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 6. Record Vote Number: 136.

July 22, 2020

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1972, under the order of 7/2/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 6. Record Vote Number: 136.

July 22, 2020

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1972 proposed by Senator Tester to Amendment SA 2301.(consideration: CR S4370-4371, S4375; text as modified: CR S4370-4371)

July 22, 2020

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Amendment SA 1972 proposed by Senator Tester to Amendment SA 2301. (consideration: CR S4370-4371, S4375; text as modified: CR S4370-4371) To expand the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam.

July 22, 2020

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Amendment SA 1972, under the order of 7/2/20, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 6. Record Vote Number: 136.

July 22, 2020

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Senate amendment submitted

June 25, 2020

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SENATE

Roll Call Available

July 22, 2020 at 12:53 PM

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1972 to S.Amdt. 2301 to S. 4049 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021)

Majority required: 3/5 (60%)

Agreed

94 - 6

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Submitted

Modified · Jul 22, 2020Submitted · Jun 25, 2020
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SA 1972. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey,
Ms. Hassan, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Warren, Ms. Smith, Mr.
Menendez, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Mr. Warner, Ms.
Baldwin, and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. ADDITIONAL DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO
CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS FOR WHICH THERE IS A
PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR VETERANS
WHO SERVED IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
``(I) Parkinsonism.
``(J) Bladder cancer.
``(K) Hypertension.
``(L) Hypothyroidism.''.
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