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Agent Orange Service Medal Act
To establish the Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal.
Summary
This bill establishes the Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal, a commemorative military service medal to honor veterans exposed to Agent Orange during and after the Vietnam War. The medal would be issued to veterans who receive disability compensation for Agent Orange-related conditions or who are classified as Vietnam-era herbicide-exposed veterans. Upon request and certification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense would issue the medal to eligible veterans. For deceased veterans, the medal may be issued to their next-of-kin.
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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jefferson Van Drew’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $176,557
- ENTREPRENEUR $70,972
- PULSE VASCULAR $9,900
- ICONA RESORTS $9,900
- MONZO CATANESE HILLEGASS $9,000
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Actions (2)
- Apr 2, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Apr 2, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 2, 2026
Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To establish the Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Agent Orange Service Medal Act”.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGENT ORANGE VETERANS SERVICE MEDAL.
(a) Service Medal Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall design and produce a commemorative military service medal, to be known as the “Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal”, to honor a veteran who—
(1) receives compensation under section 1116, 1116A, or 1116B of title 38, United States Code; or
(2) is a Vietnam-era herbicide-exposed veteran, as such term is defined in section 1710(e) of such title.
(b) Distribution of Medal.—
(1) Issuance to certain veterans.—At the request of an individual whom the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies is a veteran described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall issue to the veteran the Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal.
(2) Issuance to next-of-kin.—In the case of a veteran described in subsection (a) who is deceased, the Secretary of Defense may provide for issuance of the Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal to the next-of-kin of the veteran.
(3) Application.—The Secretary shall prepare and disseminate as appropriate an application by which veterans described in subsection (a) and their next-of-kin may apply to receive the Agent Orange Veterans Service Medal. <all>
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