Keeping Our Promises Act
Summary
Keeping Our Promises Act This bill expands the list of diseases that are provided a presumption of service-connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975. The bill extends through September 30, 2030, the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make determinations and submissions related to the connection between herbicide exposure and occurrence of disease. Additionally, the VA is prohibited from taking the costs of compensation into account when determining the association between exposure to an herbicide agent and occurrence of a disease. The bill requires the VA to determine within 120 days (currently 60) whether a presumption of service-connection is warranted for diseases covered by a National Academy of Sciences report.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 26, 2021
Last action Jun 22, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Jun 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
lower
Mar 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Mar 26, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 26 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bruce Westerman
RRepublican
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Antonio Delgado
DDemocratic
Co
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
RRepublican
Co
Brendan F. Boyle
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
RRepublican
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia Axne
DDemocratic
Co
Derek Kilmer
DDemocratic
Co
Diana Harshbarger
RRepublican
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