,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjai    
,mr4 ,san ,nicolas 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,bilirakis1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 and ,mr4  
,pallone7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide for a presumption of         
service-connection for certain veterans 
exposed to certain herbicides while     
serving in the ,armed ,forces1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,lonnie        
,kilpatrick ,central ,pacific ,relief   
,act4  #b4 ,presumptions of             
service-connection for certain veterans 
exposed to certain herbicides while     
serving in the ,armed ,forces  7a7      
,expansion of presumptions ,section     
#aaaf7;a77#a7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting after   
#aige the following3 1 served on ,guam  

or ,american ,samoa1 or in the          
territorial waters thereof1 during the  
period beginning on ,january #i1 #aifb1 
and ending on ,july #ca1 #aihj1 or      
served on ,johnston ,atoll or on a ship 
that called at ,johnston ,atoll during  
the period beginning on ,january #a1    
#aigb1 and ending on ,september #cj1    
#aigg2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71  
by inserting after #aige the following3 
1 served on ,guam or ,american ,samoa1  
or in the territorial waters thereof1   
during the period beginning on ,january 
#i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,july #ca1     
#aihj1 or served on ,johnston ,atoll or 
on a ship that called at ,johnston      
,atoll during the period beginning on   
,january #a1 #aigb1 and ending on       
,september #cj1 #aigg14  7b7            
,eligibility for hospital care and      
medical services ,section #agaj7;e77#d7 
is amended by striking subparagraph 7,a7
 and inserting the following new        
subparagraph 7,a73  7,a7 ,the term      
,vietnam-era herbicide-exposed veteran  

means a veteran who--  7i7 served on    
active duty-- 7,i7 in the ,republic of  
,vietnam during the period beginning on 
,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,may  
#g1 #aige2  7,,ii7 on ,guam or ,american
 ,samoa1 or in the territorial waters   
thereof1 the period beginning on        
,january #i1 #aifb1 and ending on ,july 
#ca1 #aihj2 or  7,,iii7 on ,johnston    
,atoll or on a ship that called at      
,johnston ,atoll during the period      
beginning on ,january #a1 #aigb1 and    
ending on ,september #cj1 #aigg2 and    
7ii7 the ,secretary finds may have been 
exposed during such service to dioxin or
 was exposed during such service to a   
toxic substance found in a herbicide or 
defoliant used for military purposes    
during such period4  4