,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,gibson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,walz1  
,mr4 ,massie1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,ms4 ,pingree 
of ,maine1 ,mr4 ,tierney1 ,mr4          
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 ,mr4          
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,rahall1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 
,mr4 ,conyers1 ,ms4 ,schwartz1 ,mr4     
,young of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4   
,tonko1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,courtney1    
,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,thornberry1 ,mr4 
,bridenstine1 ,mr4 ,barletta1 ,mr4      
,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 
,braley of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1  
,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,grimm1  
,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,young of ,alaska1   
,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,mc,intyre1 ,mr4    
,polis1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,king of
 ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4  
,stivers1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,israel1 and
 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          

,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to clarify presumptions relating to the 
exposure of certain veterans who served 
in the vicinity of the ,republic of     
,vietnam1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,blue ,water ,navy ,vietnam         
,veterans ,act of #bjac4  #b4           
,clarification of presumptions of       
exposure for veterans who served in     
vicinity of ,republic of ,vietnam  7a7  
,compensation ,subsections 7a77#a7 and  
7f7 of section #aaaf of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 are amended by   
inserting 7including the territorial    
seas of such ,republic7 after served in 
the ,republic of ,vietnam each place it 
appears4  7b7 ,health care ,section     
#agaj7;e77#d7 of such title is amended  
by inserting 7including the territorial 
seas of such ,republic7 after served on 
active duty in the ,republic of         
,vietnam4  7c7 ,effective date ,the     
amendments made by subsections 7a7 and  

7b7 shall take effect as of ,september  
#be1 #aihe4