# 115-hr-6566: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act

115-hr-6566, Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6566
- Congress: 115
- Title: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Introduced: 2018-07-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act This bill, with respect to veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents during military, naval, or air service in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975: (1) removes the manifestation period required for presumption of service connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, and (2) includes in such presumption acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a disability degree of 10% or more. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded without having to go through a separate adjudicative process.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2018-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2018-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- 115-hr-5879: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5191: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish Alzheimer's Disease research, education, and clinical centers.
- 115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4732: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-6566 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6566)

## Related
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- [115-hr-5879: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5879)
- [115-hr-5191: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affa…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5191)
- [115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5141)
- [115-hr-4732: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4732)
- [115-hr-4256: BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4256)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6566 (as of 2025-11-18).