102nd Congress / Bills / H R 556

Title

To provide for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain independent scientific review of the available scientific evidence regarding associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides, and for other purposes.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Administrative procedure | Agent Orange | Blood banks | Blood tests | Cancer | Congressional reporting requirements | Dioxins | Hazardous substances | Herbicides | Information services | Medical research | Nuclear weapons testing victims | Radiation | Tissue banks | Veterans | Veterans' disability compensation | Veterans' medical care | Vietnam veterans

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
1/30/91	Senate	Passed	Session 1, roll call 9: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 556; Agent Orange Act of 1991
1/29/91	House	Passed	Session 1, roll call 16: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Agent Orange Act of 1991