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H.R. 1713: Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act

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H.R. 1713: Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-13 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act

Plain summary

Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents to veterans who served on (1) Guam or American Samoa, or in the territorial waters thereof between January 9, 1962, and July 31, 1980; or (2) Johnston Atoll or a ship that went to Johnston Atoll between January 1, 1972, and September 30, 1977. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases 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. Additionally, the bill expands eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans with a disability associated with exposure to certain herbicides during specified times of military service on Guam, American Samoa, or Johnston Atoll.

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Official text

Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] · 96 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), James A. Himes (D-CT), Tom Cole (R-OK), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Josh Harder (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY) and 36 more.

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Record fed-us-cong116-hr1713 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116