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Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 2017 This bill provides a presumption of herbicide exposure as the service-connected cause of certain diseases notwithstanding that there is no evidentiary record of any such disease during a veteran's service period. The bill defines a "veteran" for purposes of this bill as an individual who, during active military, naval, or air service, served in or near the Korean demilitarized zone during the period beginning on September 1, 1967, and ending on August 31, 1971. The bill specifies such a disease as: (1) a listed disease that becomes manifest, or (2) any additional disease that the Department of Veterans Affairs determines warrants a presumption of service-connection by reason of a positive association with herbicide exposure and that manifests itself within a prescribed period.

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Thomas MacArthur (R)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Rick Allen (R),  Don Beyer (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  Mike Coffman (R),  Ryan Costello (R),  Joe Courtney (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Elizabeth Esty (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Mike Gallagher (R),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Jenniffer González (R),  Glenn Grothman (R),  Will Hurd (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Bill Keating (D),  Mike Kelly (R),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Ron Kind (D),  Peter King (R),  Steve King (R),  Stephen Knight (R),  Leonard Lance (R),  Bob Latta (R),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Mark Meadows (R),  Alex Mooney (R),  Seth Moulton (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Ralph Norman (R),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Bill Pascrell (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ted Poe (R),  Bruce Poliquin (R),  José Serrano (D),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Mike Thompson (D),  Scott Tipton (R),  Daniel Webster (R),  Peter Welch (D),  Don Young (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (on 07/28/2017)

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