17/06/2022
Vietnam Vets !!
From page 54 / 55 of HR 3967 bill
SEC. 403. PRESUMPTIONS OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURES TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Veterans Agent Orange Exposure Equity Act of 2022’’.
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 1116, as amended by section 202, is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, during active military, naval, air, or space service, served in the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘performed covered service’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘performed active military, naval, air, or space service in the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘performed covered service’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘covered service’ means active military, naval, air, or space service—
‘‘(1) performed in the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975;
‘‘(2) performed in Thailand at any United States or Royal Thai base during the period begin ning on January 9, 1962, and ending on June 30, 1976, without regard to where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed;
‘‘(3) performed in Laos during the period beginning on December 1, 1965, and ending on September 30, 1969;
‘‘(4) performed in Cambodia at Mimot or Krek, Kampong Cham Province during the period beginning on April 16, 1969, and ending on April 30, 1969; or ‘‘(5) performed on Guam or American Samoa, or in the territorial waters thereof, during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on July 31, 1980, or served on Johnston Atoll or on a ship that called at Johnston Atoll during the period beginning on January 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977.’’.