Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1972 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases associ- ated 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 17, 2021 Mr. HARDER of California (for himself and Mr. STAUBER) introduced the following bill; which was 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 con- nection for veterans who served in the Republic of Viet- nam to include hypertension, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Care for Vietnam 4 Veterans Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:09 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1972.IH H1972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1972 IH SEC. 2. ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL DISEASES ASSOCIATED 1 WITH EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN HERBICIDE 2 AGENTS FOR WHICH THERE IS A PRESUMP- 3 TION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR VET- 4 ERANS WHO SERVED IN THE REPUBLIC OF 5 VIETNAM. 6 Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 7 as amended by the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 8 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 9 Law 116–283), is amended by adding at the end the fol- 10 lowing new subparagraphs: 11 ‘‘(L) Hypertension. 12 ‘‘(M) Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined 13 significance.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:09 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1972.IH H1972 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS