119-hr2149

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2149 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2149

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a 
presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure 
 to certain herbicide agents for certain veterans who served in Guam.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 14, 2025

Mr. Moylan (for himself, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. LaLota, Mr. 
Moulton, Ms. Titus, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Chu, 
 Mr. Morelle, Ms. Meng, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
 Swalwell, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, and Ms. Hoyle of Oregon) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a 
presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure 
 to certain herbicide agents for certain veterans who served in Guam.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Correcting Guam's History in the 
PACT Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR A PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE 
 CONNECTION FOR DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO 
 CERTAIN HERBICIDE AGENTS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO SERVED 
 IN GUAM.

 

Section 1116
            (d) (5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``Guam or American Samoa, or in the territorial waters 
thereof,'' and inserting ``Guam (or in the territorial waters thereof) 
during the period beginning on August 15, 1958, and ending on July 31, 
1980, or American Samoa (or in the territorial waters thereof)''.
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