Victims of Agent Orange Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
Introduced
Summary
Comprehensive cross‑border assistance for people harmed by Agent Orange would fund health care, housing, caregiver support, and targeted cleanup in Vietnam and create U.S. services for affected Vietnamese Americans and their descendants. This bill centralizes medical, social, and environmental responses into a coordinated, time‑bound program.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Wider definition of Agent Orange exposure
The bill would broaden what counts as Agent Orange. Any chemical that became part of herbicides used in support of U.S. and allied operations in Vietnam would count. This could let more exposed people qualify for help under the Act. The change would take effect upon enactment.
Help in Vietnam for Agent Orange victims
USAID would provide care and support in Vietnam for people harmed by Agent Orange. Help could include medical care, rehab, caregiver training, home repairs, and small grants or loans. Cleanup would focus on areas with high contamination, with priority for heavily sprayed zones and former bases. Who qualifies would include Vietnam residents with health issues from exposure between January 1, 1961 and May 7, 1975, or who lived in areas still contaminated, plus affected children and descendants. Most non-cleanup aid would flow through Vietnamese community groups and public agencies in rural, mountain, and urban areas. The program would start within 18 months of enactment.
U.S. health centers for Vietnamese Americans
HHS would set up centers where many Vietnamese Americans live. The centers would assess, counsel, and treat Agent Orange–related health issues. HHS could partner with community and nonprofit groups. Grants would fund broad health studies of Vietnamese Americans and their children or descendants. The centers would start within 18 months of enactment.
Deadlines to start new services
USAID and HHS would have 180 days after enactment to finish their plans. They would need to launch the programs within 18 months. This would speed when services could start but does not set funding by itself.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 8/5/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Roll Call Votes
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