H.R. 3752

Summary

H.R. 3752, the Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jun 5, 2025 by Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, and last saw action on Jun 23, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 3752 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 3752 IH: Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-05
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3752  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 5, 2025   Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick  (for herself and
  Mrs. Hinson ) introduced the following bill; which
        was referred to the  Committee on Veterans’
  Affairs    A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service connection for glioblastoma multiforme for veterans who served in certain locations during the Vietnam era.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act of 2025  .
2.
Findings
Congress makes the following findings:
(1)
Between 1961 and 1971, approximately 19,000,000 gallons of 15 different herbicides were sprayed over the southern region of Vietnam by the United States Armed Forces, including 13,000,000 gallons of Agent Orange.
(2)
Between 1968 and 1971, a total of 6,500 spraying missions were carried out in an area of about 1,500,000 hectares, which represented about 12 percent of South Vietnam and portions of Laos and Cambodia.
(3)
Studies have found that tens of thousands of Americans were exposed to Agent Orange during the spraying operations.
(4)
Agent Orange exposure continues to negatively affect the lives of veterans of the United States Armed Forces, Vietnamese people, Vietnamese Americans, and their children, and has cut short, the lives of many victims with others living with disease, disabilities, and pain that is often untreated or unrecognized.
3.
Presumption of service-connection for veterans who served in certain locations during the Vietnam era
Section 1116(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(N)
Glioblastoma multiforme.
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service connection for glioblastoma multiforme for veterans who served in certain locations during the Vietnam era.

Sponsors

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) sponsors H.R. 3752, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Rep. · D–FL-20 · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 5, 2025

Ashley Hinson

Rep. · R–IA-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 5, 2025 · Original

Wesley Bell

Rep. · D–MO-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 17, 2025

Zachary Nunn

Rep. · R–IA-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 26, 2025

Mark Messmer

Rep. · R–IN-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 31, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 3752 went before 2 committees: Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee and Veterans' Affairs.

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

Referred to · Jun 23, 2025 · 62 Bills

Veterans' Affairs

Veterans' Affairs

Referred To · Jun 5, 2025 · 285 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3752 has taken 3 actions since Jun 5, 2025, the latest on Jun 23, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3752 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3752 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service connection for glioblastoma multiforme for veterans who served in certain locations during the Vietnam era. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 10 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3752 in 5 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Government Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Unemployment.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3752 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3752’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

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