PRINTER'S NO. 942
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
149
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, BARBIN, BARRAR, BOBACK, V. BROWN,
CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, DIAMOND, DiGIROLAMO, DRISCOLL,
ENGLISH, FEE, FREEMAN, GOODMAN, GROVE, A. HARRIS, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MILLARD, MURT, PICKETT,
QUIGLEY, READSHAW, SACCONE, SAINATO, WARD, OBERLANDER AND
NEILSON, MARCH 16, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 16, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Relating to the presumption of a service connection for Agent
Orange exposure for certain Navy and Air Force veterans and
calling on the Congressional Delegation of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to fully support and fund passage of the Blue
Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017.
WHEREAS, During the Vietnam Conflict, the United States
military sprayed more than 22 million gallons of Agent Orange
and other herbicides over Vietnam to reduce forest cover and
crops used by the enemy; these herbicides contained dioxin,
which has since been identified as carcinogenic and has been
linked with a number of serious and disabling illnesses now
affecting thousands of veterans; and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States passed the Agent
Orange Act of 1991 to address the plight of veterans exposed to
herbicides while serving in Vietnam; and
WHEREAS, The act amended Title 38 of the United States Code
to presumptively recognize certain diseases as service connected
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