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Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 NDAA This critical provision would expand the Department of Veterans Affairs list of medical conditions associated with Agent Orange exposure to include Bladder...exposed to certain herbicide agents while serving in Vietnam The National Academy of Medicine NAM reported on the link between these three conditions and exposure to Agent Orange in 2016 and NAM reports continue...continue to be the standard for scientific evidence of association since the Agent Orange Act of 1991 Thirty veterans advocacy groups and organizations have already sent multiple letters of support to Congressional...
December 3, 2020
Landmark Agent Orange Veteran Exposure Bill in Final Annual Defense Legislation Thursday December 3 2020 U S Senate Vietnam veterans suffering from diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange are now...S Senator Jon Tester s landmark bill in the final Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act NDAA Tester s amendment establishes a presumption of service connection for veterans suffering from...Cancer Hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism Tester successfully secured his Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act in the annual Senate defense bill in July passing the chamber overwhelmingly with a vote of 94 6 In...
March 12, 2020
Tester Leads Bill Directing VA to do its job and Provide Benefits for Veterans Suffering from Agent Orange Thursday March 12 2020 U S Senate After years of inaction from the Trump Administration U S Senator...Vietnam Veterans Act of 2020 which would require the U S Department of Veterans Affairs VA to provide benefits for veterans suffering from four diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange Currently veterans...veterans with specific health conditions developed as a result of their exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War are eligible for benefits and health care from VA However the Trump Administration...
June 17, 2020
information and I absolutely agree that these things take too long Tester continued I would sure hope VA acts a little differently if the National Academy of Medicine comes out with something that shows that...including the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2019 Veterans Exposure to Toxic Substances VETS Act and K2 Veterans Toxic Exposure Accountability Act of 2020 Tester s roundtable hosted VA officials...Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2020 which would require VA to do its job and provide benefits for veterans suffering from four diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange And he has continuously...
June 15, 2023
Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program That s why I included a provision in my STRONG Veterans Act enacted last December to study RRTP wait times and availability to better inform the development of...Congress Tester led the Post 9 11 Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act which was signed into law as part of the STRONG Veterans Act in December 2022 Senate Tester secured provisions to study veterans...
June 20, 2023
to swiftly sign this bill into law Tester s Fiscal Year 2023 Major Medical Facility Authorization Act will authorize several VA construction projects this year including at the Fort Harrison VA Medical...Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics PACT Act The PACT Act invested in VA s infrastructure workforce through new recruitment and retention incentives...is also pushing to pass his commonsense Build Utilize Invest Learn and Deliver BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023 to modernize delivery of VA infrastructure projects bolster the Department s workforce and...
a 4 of the Johnny Isakson and David 9 P Roe M D Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve 10 ment Act of 2020 Public Law 116 315 38 U S C 5101 11 note is amended by striking three years and inserting 12...
June 22, 2023
legislative effort the Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act of 2023 to improve the community care program Congress put in place with the VA MISSION Act Tester s bill will include provisions to streamline internal...recruit and retain medical personnel with his bipartisan VA CAREERS Act and strengthen VA infrastructure with his BUILD for Veterans Act https www veterans senate gov 2023 6 at hearing tester presses va...
March 24, 2021
Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse Act SAVE LIVES Act allows VA to provide COVID vaccination services to all veterans veteran spouses caregivers...Committees aim to care for both veterans and their families said Sen Moran I am grateful the President acted quickly to sign this legislation into law to make certain the VA has the freedom to vaccinate veteran...efforts make this expansion possible I look forward to working with VA to implement the SAVE LIVES Act successfully when vaccine supply increases I hope every veteran and their loved ones will get vaccinated...
November 12, 2020
reduced the crisis Passing the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act and seeing it signed into law this year was a major step towards bringing critical help to veterans...
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