PACT Act
PACT Act of 2022 (Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act)
Statute
PACT Act of 2022 (Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act)
Key Provisions
- Concedes toxic exposure for veterans who served in specified locations/time periods
- 23 new burn pit/airborne hazards presumptive conditions
- Expanded Agent Orange presumptive conditions and locations (Thailand, Guam, etc.)
- Radiation exposure expansion
- No more need to prove individual toxic exposure in conceded locations
Presumptive Conditions
- Bladder cancer
- Head cancer (of any type)
- Body cancer (of any type)
- Neck cancer
- Respiratory cancer (of any type)
- Gastrointestinal cancer (of any type)
- Reproductive cancer (of any type)
- Melanoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Any type of lymphatic cancer (lymphoma)
- Constrictive bronchiolitis
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Glioblastoma
- COPD
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung disease (any type)
- Pleuritis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary granuloma
- Sarcoidosis
- Chronic sinusitis
- Chronic rhinitis
- Chronic laryngitis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Chronic obliterative bronchiolitis