133 STAT. 969  PUBLIC LAW 116–23—JUNE 25, 2019  Time period.  (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.  (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:  ‘‘(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.’’.  Determination.  Regulations.  Time period.  38 USC 1116B.  38 USC 1116A  note.  ‘‘§ 1116B. Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain vet- erans who served in Korea  SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF HERBICIDE EXPOSURE FOR CERTAIN VET- ERANS WHO SERVED IN KOREA. 