HR 1541 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act

Introduced Apr 24, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Lane Evans D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 9, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 24, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify diseases occurring in children of Vietnam veterans or other veterans that have a positive association with parental exposure to an herbicide agent before the date of conception; (2) include myelogenous leukemia among such diseases; (3) provide needed health care for such children's covered diseases or any associated disabilities; and (4) pay a monthly allowance to such children for any disability resulting from a covered disease, to be based on the degree of disability.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide vocational training to such children if the achievement of a vocational goal is reasonably feasible.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 24, 2001 to Jul 15, 2002, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Apr 24, 2001
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Apr 24, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Apr 25, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Apr 25, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 25, 2001
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Apr 25, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Apr 25, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner		Apr 26, 2001
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Apr 26, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Apr 26, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Apr 27, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Apr 27, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Apr 27, 2001
D-NM	Tom Udall		Apr 27, 2001

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Apr 24, 2001Introduced in House
Apr 24, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Subjects

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