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Public Law 117-168 Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act of 2022

Needs reviewEnactedProgram createdScope changed

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Expands benefits Created presumptions of service connection for burn pit and other toxic exposures and added Agent Orange conditions.

Created the toxic exposure presumptions: burn pit and airborne hazard conditions, added cancers, and further Agent Orange conditions. A veteran who was denied before the presumption existed can be granted now, and a survivor can qualify on cause of death alone. The federal entries in this catalog describe compensation, health care, and DIC without describing the presumptive list, so a reader cannot tell from them that the gate moved.

Progress

Path to law: Act of Congress

  1. Introduced Done, Senate
  2. In committee Done, date not recorded
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate, unanimous consent
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House passed it amended 342-88 on July 13; Senate concurred 86-11
  5. Signed by the President Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Tim KaineSponsor, Democratic, Senate, VA
  • Jon TesterCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, MT
  • Catherine Cortez MastoCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, NV

What it touches

  • 38 U.S.C. § 1119
  • 38 U.S.C. § 1120

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Official record

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