Agent Orange Equitable Compensation Act
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, chapter 11, to clarify that an award of benefits based on a regulatory presumption established pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1116 after September 30, 2002, cannot be made effective earlier than the date the regulatory presumption was established; and to clarify that the presumption of herbicide exposure provided by 38 U.S.C. section 1116(f) applies only to veterans who served in Vietnam on land or on Vietnam's inland waterways and not to those who served only in waters offshore or in airspace above.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 9/6/2007--Introduced.
Agent Orange Equitable Compensation Act - States that awards of veterans' disability compensation based on a presumption of service-connection due to exposure to certain herbicide agents during service in Vietnam (Agent Orange compensation) shall not be effec... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| September 06, 2007 |
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May 01, 2008 Repost: The Agent Orange Fair Compensation Act
We have to ask-- again -- Senators Akaka and Burr to introduce our own version of S.2026, AS A COURTESY TO THE BLUE WATER NAVY VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. --------------------------------------. 110th CONGRESS 2nd Session ...
February 04, 2008 Genealogy Connections List "M" Names
4692 MCCALLA, Judith S. 2026 S Andrew Nolin BEACH 15360 MCCAMMON, Amanda 1885 1887 6847 P Charles Riley MCCAMMON 15361 MCCAMMON, Charles C. 1883 3 Mar 1887 6847 P Charles Riley MCCAMMON 15357 MCCAMMON, Charles Riley 29 Nov 1859 31 Oct ...
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November 29, 2007 The Agent Orange Fair Compensation Act
We have to ask-- again -- Senators Akaka and Burr to introduce our own version of S.2026, AS A COURTESY TO THE BLUE WATER NAVY VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. --------------------------------------. 110th CONGRESS 1st Session ...








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