Agent Orange Bill Introduced

Week of August 04, 2008

House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Filner (D-CA) recently announced the introduction of H.R. 6562, the Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008. The bill would restore equity to all Vietnam veterans that were exposed to Agent Orange. Currently, VA requires Vietnam veterans to prove "foot on land" in order to qualify for the presumptions of service-connection for herbicide-exposure related illnesses. The Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008 is intended to clarify the law so that every servicemember awarded the Vietnam Service medal is fully covered by the comprehensive Agent Orange laws Congress passed in 1991. The text of the bill is available online.