H.R. 2149: Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act

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Correcting Guam's History in the PACT Act This bill expands eligibility for a presumption of service-connection for specified diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions 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. Under the bill, service performed in Guam or its territorial waters between August 15, 1958, and July 31, 1980, provides a veteran who has a specified disease that is associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents with eligibility for a presumption of service-connection. (Under current law, the eligible time frame for service in Guam is between January 9, 1962, and July 31, 1980.)

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Correcting Guam’s History in the PACT Act

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Sponsor: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] · 36 cosponsors

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Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Susie Lee (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Donald G. Davis (D-NC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Val T. Hoyle (D-OR), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), David P. Joyce (R-OH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] reported raising $249,127 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr2149.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr2149 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills