(2) VETERAN DESCRIBED.—A veteran described in this para- graph is a veteran who, during active military, naval, or air service, served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975. 

(e) REPORTS.—Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter for 2 years, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa- tives and the Senate a report regarding claims for disability com- pensation under section 1116A of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Each report shall include, with respect to the calendar year preceding the report, disaggregated by the regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the following: 

(1) The number of claims filed under such section. 

(2) The number of such claims granted. 

(3) The number of such claims denied. 

(f) HEALTH CARE.—Section 1710(e)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘(including offshore of such Republic as described in section 1116A(d) of this title)’’ after ‘‘served on active duty in the Republic of Vietnam’’. 

(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 2020. 

## SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF HERBICIDE EXPOSURE FOR CERTAIN VET- ERANS WHO SERVED IN KOREA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1116A, as added by section 2, the following new section: 

## ‘‘§ 1116B. Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain vet- erans who served in Korea 

‘‘(a) PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION.—(1) For the pur- poses of section 1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of this title, a disease specified in subsection (b) that becomes manifest as specified in that subsection in a veteran described in paragraph (2) shall be considered to have been incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such disease during the period of such service. 

‘‘(2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a veteran who, during active military, naval, or air service, served in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), during the period beginning on September 1, 1967, and ending on August 31, 1971. 

‘‘(b) DISEASES.—A disease specified in this subsection is— 

‘‘(1) a disease specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 1116 of this title that becomes manifest as specified in that paragraph; or 

‘‘(2) any additional disease that— 

‘‘(A) the Secretary determines in regulations warrants a presumption of service-connection by reason of having positive association with exposure to an herbicide agent; and 

‘‘(B) becomes manifest within any period prescribed in such regulations. 

‘‘(c) HERBICIDE AGENT.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘herbicide agent’ has the meaning given such term in section 1821(d) of this title.’’. 

Time period. 

38 USC 1116A note. 

38 USC 1116B. 

Time period. 

Determination. Regulations. 

