HR 1541 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act

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

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

Progress

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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; 2 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 1, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara		May 1, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson		May 1, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler		May 1, 2001
D-CA	Maxine Waters		May 2, 2001
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		May 2, 2001
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		May 2, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee		May 7, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		May 7, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		May 9, 2001
D-TX	Chet Edwards		May 10, 2001
D-PA	Tim Holden		May 10, 2001
D-AR	Vic Snyder		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		May 16, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 21, 2001
R-PA	Phil English		May 21, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 22, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		May 23, 2001
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Jun 5, 2001
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		Jun 12, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jun 21, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Sep 5, 2001
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Sep 19, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon		May 2, 2002
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		May 23, 2002
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jun 4, 2002
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Jun 6, 2002
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 6, 2002
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jun 13, 2002
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 17, 2002
D-GU	Robert A. Underwood		Jun 20, 2002
D-TX	Martin Frost		Jul 15, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Apr 24, 2001
	Benefits Subcommittee	Referred May 9, 2001

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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Jun 7, 2001H.R. 1541, Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on April 24, 2001</p>
Jun 7, 2001H.R. 1541, Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability ActCost estimate for the bill as introduced on April 24, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs authority to furnish certain benefits for certain diseases occurring in children of Vietnam-era veterans upon a determination that such diseases have a positive association with parental exposure to a herbicide agent.
Short Titles as Introduced: Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 24, 2001Introduced in House

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