,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #egf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjai,mr4 ,moran 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,tester1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4
 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,brown1
 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4    
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 and
 ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to provide for a 
presumption of herbicide exposure for   
certain veterans who served in ,korea1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fairness for ,korean ,,dmz ,veterans   
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,presumption of     
herbicide exposure for certain veterans 
who served in ,korea  7a7 ,in general   
,chapter #aa of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after section #aaaf the following new   
section3  #aaaf;,a4 ,presumption of     

herbicide exposure for certain veterans 
who served in ,korea  7a7 ,presumption  
of service-,connection  7#a7 ,for the   
purposes of section #aaaj of this title1
 and subject to section #aaac of this   
title1 a disease specified in subsection
 7b7 that becomes manifest as specified 
in that subsection in a veteran         
described in paragraph 7#b7 shall be    
considered to have been incurred or     
aggravated in the line of duty in the   
active military1 naval1 or air service1 
notwithstanding that there is no record 
of evidence of such disease during the  
period of such service4  7#b7 ,a veteran
 described in this paragraph is a       
veteran who1 during active military1    
naval1 or air service1 served in or near
 the ,korean demilitarized zone 7,,dmz71
 during the period beginning on         
,september #a1 #aifg1 and ending on     
,august #ca1 #aiga4  7b7 ,diseases ,a   
disease specified in this subsection    
is-- 7#a7 a disease specified in        
paragraph 7#b7 of subsection 7a7 of     

section #aaaf of this title that becomes
 manifest as specified in that          
paragraph2 or  7#b7 any additional      
disease that-- 7,a7 the ,secretary      
determines in regulations warrants a    
presumption of service-connection by    
reason of having positive association   
with exposure to an herbicide agent2 and
  7,b7 becomes manifest within any      
period prescribed in such regulations4  
7c7 ,herbicide agent ,for purposes of   
this section1 the term herbicide agent  
has the meaning given such term in      
section #ahba7;d7 of this title4  4  7b7
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #aaaf the  
following new item3  #aaaf;,a4          
,presumption of herbicide exposure for  
certain veterans who served in ,korea4  
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