S. 810Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021

Sponsored by Jon TesterSen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Introduced March 17, 2021

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The Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021 changes federal law to treat two more health conditions as automatically linked to herbicide exposure for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam. By adding these illnesses to the presumption list, Vietnam‑era veterans can more easily receive disability benefits for them. The bill mainly affects Vietnam veterans applying for VA compensation.

Key Provisions

  • Adds hypertension to the list of diseases presumed to be caused by exposure to certain herbicide agents during Vietnam service.
  • Adds monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) to that same presumption list.

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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

March 17, 2021

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April 28, 2021

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II

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 810

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 17 (legislative day, March 16), 2021

Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, 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 to include hypertension, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021.

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Addition of 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, as amended by section 9109 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:

(L)

Hypertension.

(M)

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.

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