,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ab  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,april #d1 #bjag,mr4 ,grassley 7for     
himself1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,mr4    
,daines7 submitted the following        
concurrent resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,veterans'
 ,affairs  ,,concurrent ,,resolution    
,expressing the sense of ,congress that 
those who served in the bays1 harbors1  
and territorial seas of the ,republic of
 ,vietnam during the period beginning on
 ,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,may 
#g1 #aige1 should be presumed to have   
served in the ,republic of ,vietnam for 
all purposes under the ,agent ,orange   
,act of #aiia4  ,whereas section        
#aaaf7;f7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code1 states that ,for the purposes of 
establishing service connection for a   
disability or death resulting from      
exposure to a herbicide agent1 including
 a presumption of service-connection    
under this section1 a veteran who1      

during active military1 naval1 or air   
service1 served in the ,republic of     
,vietnam during the period beginning on 
,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,may  
#g1 #aige1 shall be presumed to have    
been exposed during such service to an  
herbicide agent containing dioxin or    
#b1d-;dichlorophenoxyacetic acid1 and   
may be presumed to have been exposed    
during such service to any other        
chemical compound in an herbicide agent1
 unless there is affirmative evidence to
 establish that the veteran was not     
exposed to any such agent during that   
service42 ,whereas the international    
definition and ,united                  
,states-recognized borders of the       
,republic of ,vietnam includes the bays1
 harbors1 and territorial seas of that  
,republic2 ,whereas multiple scientific 
and medical sources1 including studies  
done by the ,government of ,australia1  
have shown evidence of exposure to      
herbicide agents such as ,agent ,orange 
by those serving in the bays1 harbors1  

and territorial seas of the ,republic of
 ,vietnam2 ,whereas veterans who served 
in the ,armed ,forces in the bays1      
harbors1 and territorial seas of the    
,republic of ,vietnam during the period 
beginning on ,january #i1 #aifb1 and    
ending on ,may #g1 #aige1 were exposed  
to this toxin through their ships'      
distillation processes1 air and water   
currents1 and the use of exposed water  
from inland sources1 such as water from 
near heavily sprayed ,monkey ,mountain1 
delivered by exposed water barges2      
,whereas such veterans experience a     
significantly higher percentage of      
medical conditions associated with      
,agent ,orange exposure compared to     
those in the regular populace2 ,whereas 
when passing the ,agent ,orange ,act of 
#aiia 7,public ,law #ajb-d71 ,congress  
did not differentiate between those who 
served on the inland waterways and on   
land versus those who served in the     
bays1 harbors1 and territorial seas of  
that ,republic2 ,whereas the purpose    

behind providing presumptive coverage   
for medical conditions associated with  
exposure to ,agent ,orange is because   
proving such exposure decades after its 
occurrence is not scientifically or     
medically possible2 and ,whereas        
thousands of veterans who served in the 
,armed ,forces in the bays1 harbors1 and
 territorial seas of the ,republic of   
,vietnam during the period beginning on 
,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,may  
#g1 #aige1 die at increasing rates every
 year3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that    
,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes the intent  
of the ,agent ,orange ,act of #aiia     
7,public ,law #ajb-d7 included the      
presumption that those veterans who     
served in the ,armed ,forces in the     
bays1 harbors1 and territorial seas of  
the ,republic of ,vietnam during the    
period beginning on ,january #i1 #aifb1 
and ending on ,may #g1 #aige1 served in 
the ,republic of ,vietnam for all       
purposes under the ,agent ,orange ,act  
of #aiia2  7#b7 intends for those       

veterans who served in the ,armed       
,forces during the period beginning on  
,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,may  
#g1 #aige1 in the bays1 harbors1        
territorial seas1 inland waterways1 on  
the ground in the ,republic of ,vietnam1
 and other areas exposed to ,agent      
,orange1 and having been diagnosed with 
connected medical conditions to be      
equally recognized for such exposure    
through equitable benefits and coverage 
as those who served in the inland rivers
 and on the ,vietnamese land mass2 and  
7#c7 calls on the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs to review the policy 
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 that excludes presumptive coverage for 
exposure to ,agent ,orange to veterans  
described in paragraph 7#a74