118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
February 24, 2023
Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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,
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)”.