,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjbe,mrs4 
,cherfilus-,mc,cormick 7for herself and 
,mrs4 ,hinson7 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   
glioblastoma multiforme for veterans who
 served in certain locations during the 
,vietnam era4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,specialist    
,fourth ,class ,keith ,smith            
,glioblastoma ,parity ,act of #bjbe4    
#b4 ,findings ,congress makes the       
following findings3  7#a7 ,between #aifa
 and #aiga1 approximately #ai1jjj1jjj   
gallons of #ae different herbicides were
 sprayed over the southern region of    
,vietnam by the ,united ,states ,armed  
,forces1 including #ac1jjj1jjj gallons  
of ,agent ,orange4  7#b7 ,between #aifh 
and #aiga1 a total of #f1ejj spraying   

missions were carried out in an area of 
about #a1ejj1jjj hectares1 which        
represented about #ab percent of ,south 
,vietnam and portions of ,laos and      
,cambodia4  7#c7 ,studies have found    
that tens of thousands of ,americans    
were exposed to ,agent ,orange during   
the spraying operations4  7#d7 ,agent   
,orange exposure continues to negatively
 affect the lives of veterans of the    
,united ,states ,armed ,forces1         
,vietnamese people1 ,vietnamese         
,americans1 and their children1 and has 
cut short1 the lives of many victims    
with others living with disease1        
disabilities1 and pain that is often    
untreated or unrecognized4  #c4         
,presumption of service-connection for  
veterans who served in certain locations
 during the ,vietnam era ,section       
#aaaf7;a77#b7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,n7 ,glioblastoma multiforme4  4