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HR 1191, Correcting Guam's History in the PACT Act, will amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for a presumption of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for certain Veterans who served in Guam. The PACT Act grants the presumption of herbicide exposure to service members who ''(5) performed on Guam or American Samoa, or in the territorial waters thereof, during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on July 31, 1980, or served on Johnston Atoll or on a ship that called at Johnston Atoll during the period beginning on January 1, 1972, and ending on September 30, 1977." Evidence complied by Military-Veterans Advocacy shows that the spraying on Guam commenced on August 15, 1958. HR 1191 will correct this deficiency in the law and make the commencement date for Guam retroactive to August 15, 1958.

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