HR 3612 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011

Introduced Dec 8, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Christopher P. Gibson R-NY

Latest action · Dec 8, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

IntroducedDec 8, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011- Includes as part of the Republic of Vietnam its territorial seas for purposes of the presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure by veterans to certain herbicide agents while in Vietnam.

Cosponsors 126

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 8, 2011 to Nov 13, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	Original	Dec 8, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Dec 8, 2011
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz	Original	Dec 8, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jan 18, 2012
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jan 18, 2012
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Jan 18, 2012
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jan 18, 2012
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jan 18, 2012
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jan 18, 2012
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Jan 18, 2012
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jan 18, 2012
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jan 18, 2012
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Jan 18, 2012
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jan 23, 2012
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Jan 23, 2012
R-FL	David Rivera		Jan 23, 2012
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jan 23, 2012
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jan 23, 2012
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jan 25, 2012
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jan 25, 2012
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jan 25, 2012
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jan 25, 2012
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jan 27, 2012
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jan 27, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jan 27, 2012
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jan 31, 2012
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jan 31, 2012
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jan 31, 2012
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jan 31, 2012
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Feb 1, 2012
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Feb 1, 2012
R-NY	Peter T. King		Feb 1, 2012
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Feb 1, 2012
R-NY	Robert L. Turner		Feb 1, 2012
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Feb 2, 2012
D-NY	William L. Owens		Feb 2, 2012
D-OK	Dan Boren		Feb 3, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Feb 6, 2012
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Feb 6, 2012
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Feb 7, 2012
D-CO	Jared Polis		Feb 7, 2012
R-IA	Tom Latham		Feb 14, 2012
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Feb 15, 2012
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Feb 17, 2012
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Feb 17, 2012
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Feb 21, 2012
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Feb 21, 2012
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Feb 24, 2012
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Feb 24, 2012
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Feb 24, 2012
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Feb 24, 2012
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Feb 24, 2012
D-GA	John Lewis		Feb 27, 2012
D-CA	Judy Chu		Feb 27, 2012
D-VA	James P. Moran		Mar 1, 2012
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Mar 5, 2012
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Mar 5, 2012
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Mar 6, 2012
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Mar 13, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 13, 2012
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 19, 2012
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 19, 2012
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 19, 2012
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Mar 19, 2012
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 19, 2012
D-NY	Steve Israel		Mar 20, 2012
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Mar 20, 2012
D-TX	Al Green		Mar 22, 2012
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 26, 2012
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Mar 26, 2012
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 28, 2012
R-NY	Tom Reed		Mar 28, 2012
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Apr 16, 2012
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 16, 2012
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Apr 16, 2012
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Apr 16, 2012
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Apr 16, 2012
D-IN	André Carson		Apr 19, 2012
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Apr 19, 2012
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 24, 2012
R-FL	Allen B. West		Apr 24, 2012
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Apr 24, 2012
R-IA	Steve King		Apr 25, 2012
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Apr 25, 2012
R-FL	Bill Posey		May 7, 2012
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		May 7, 2012
D-NJ	Rush Holt		May 7, 2012
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		May 7, 2012
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		May 10, 2012
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		May 10, 2012
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 15, 2012
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		May 15, 2012
D-CA	Joe Baca		May 30, 2012
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		May 31, 2012
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 1, 2012
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jun 18, 2012
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jun 18, 2012
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jun 18, 2012
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jun 18, 2012
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jun 27, 2012
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 28, 2012
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Jul 10, 2012
R-TX	Ron Paul		Jul 10, 2012
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 11, 2012
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Jul 17, 2012
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Jul 17, 2012
D-CA	George Miller		Jul 23, 2012
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 24, 2012
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jul 24, 2012
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 26, 2012
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jul 31, 2012
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 31, 2012
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jul 31, 2012
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jul 31, 2012
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jul 31, 2012
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Aug 1, 2012
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Aug 2, 2012
R-IN	Todd Young		Aug 2, 2012
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Sep 11, 2012
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Sep 11, 2012
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Sep 11, 2012
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Sep 13, 2012
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Sep 13, 2012
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Nov 13, 2012
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Nov 13, 2012
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Nov 13, 2012

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 Dec 8, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 8, 2011Introduced in House
Dec 8, 2011Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H8319.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 112-51	JOINT HEARING TO RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS122 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Mar 22, 2012

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1629	Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011	Related bill	Sep 23, 2011

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 clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 8, 2011Introduced in House

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