,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,westerman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 
,mr4 ,cunningham1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1    
,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,gianforte1 ,mr4    
,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,gallagher1 ,ms4      
,speier1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4        
,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4
 ,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4
 ,hill of ,arkansas1 ,mrs4 ,demings1    
,mr4 ,deutch1 and ,mr4 ,thompson of     
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to modify the presumption of   
service connection for veterans who were
 exposed to herbicide agents while      
serving in the ,armed ,forces in        
,thailand during the ,vietnam era1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,modification  
of presumption of service connection for
 veterans who were exposed to herbicide 
agents while serving in the ,armed      
,forces in ,thailand during the ,vietnam

 era  7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of
 ,veterans ,affairs shall ensure that if
 the ,secretary creates a presumption of
 service connection between the         
occurrence of a disease and exposure to 
a herbicide agent while serving in the  
,armed ,forces during the ,vietnam era  
at a military base in ,thailand1 such   
presumption also applies to exposure to 
a herbicide agent while serving in the  
,armed ,forces during the ,vietnam era  
at any military base located in         
,thailand without regard to where on the
 base the veteran was located or what   
military job specialty the veteran      
performed4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3  7#a7 ,herbicide agent ,the    
term herbicide agent has the meaning    
given such term in section #aaaf7;a7 of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,veteran and vietnam era ,the terms     
veteran and ,vietnam era have the       
meaning given such terms in section #aja
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4