# 116-hr-5610: Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act

116-hr-5610, Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5610
- Congress: 116
- Title: Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced: 2020-01-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 39
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism for veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions 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.

## Cosponsors (39)

- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN), 2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2020-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] (D-PA), 2020-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2020-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- COLLIN PETERSON (D-MN), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2020-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2020-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2020-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5610 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5610)

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