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S. 1195: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

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S. 1195: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

Plain summary

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 This bill extends the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide (e.g., Agent Orange) exposure to veterans who served (1) offshore of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities or 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. The bill extends eligibility for health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance to children with spina bifida who have at least one veteran parent who may have been exposed to an herbicide agent while serving in Thailand between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. The Department of Veterans Affairs must report on the Follow-up Study of a National Cohort of Gulf War and Gulf War Era Veterans.

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Official text

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · 57 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Daines (R-MT), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), John Boozman (R-AR), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), John Kennedy (R-LA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] reported raising $3.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong116-s1195 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116