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March 10, 2021
a hearing on military toxic exposures focused on the human costs incurred from such hazards as Agent Orange and burn pits Veterans deserve an enduring framework supported by science to identify research...this hearing on toxic exposures and focusing on the human costs incurred from such hazards as Agent Orange and burn pits In modern history we have tragically seen that exposure to toxic substances has...gas or lewisite during the 1940 s ionizing radiation from nuclear test sites during the Cold War Agent Orange during the Vietnam War Gulf War illness during Desert Storm and now burn pits and other toxins...
Johnny Isakson and David P Roe M D Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 included my Deborah Sampson Act which mandated VA expand eligibility for MST care to former members of the Armed...not honorable except for dishonorable discharges or discharges by court martial The Deborah Sampson Act also allowed VA to treat physical health conditions arising from MST not just mental health conditions...sharing related to their MST care Public Law 113 146 the Veterans Access Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 gave VA the authority to provide MST counseling and care to members of the Armed Forces without...
August 25, 2023
advocate of strengthening benefits and care for MST survivors Tester championed the Deborah Sampson Act which included provisions mandating VA expand eligibility for MST care and allowing VA to treat physical...Tester also reintroduced the bipartisan bicameral Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act to expand the evidentiary standard for MST survivors applying for VA benefits to ensure they are provided...
CONTENTS 3 a SHORT TITLE This Act may be cited as the 4 Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Sup 5 port Act of 2023 6 b TABLE OF CONTENTS The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows 8 Sec 1 Short...DIGITAL AGE 4 a REPORT REQUIRED Not later than one year 5 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary 6 of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Vet 7 erans Affairs of the Senate...or space service 12 b OUTREACH Not later than 180 days after the 13 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of Vet 14 erans Affairs shall implement with input from the veteran 15 community an informative...
January 17, 2024
Were Lost by the Government Receive Earned Benefits Senator s Fred Hamilton Veterans Lost Records Act would allow veterans to use additional methods to apply for benefits when the government loses or damages...Affairs VA benefits Named after a Montana veteran the Senator s Fred Hamilton Veterans Lost Records Act would authorize VA to grant disability compensation claims using other documentation in place of military...health conditions are service connected and has been denied benefits to which he is entitled The PACT Act enabled VA to grant part of Fred s claim that was previously denied but he is still waiting on benefits...
March 19, 2021
Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse SAVE LIVES Act would allow VA to provide COVID 19 vaccination services to all veterans veteran spouses caregivers...increased eligibility pool as much as the supply chain allows This legislation builds upon the VA VACCINE Act legislation led by Chairman Takano and Ranking Member Bost Military service is family service and that...law without any delay I am proud of the work my colleagues and I have done to send the SAVE LIVES Act to the President s desk said Ranking Member Bost There is no question that vaccines are the key to...
October 18, 2023
health resources We ve improved veterans access to mental health access through the Hannon Act and the STRONG Act said Tester But recent data shows that we re not where we need to be when it comes to veterans...there and we ve got to work to undo that During the hearing s first panel the Chairman pushed DOD s Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Ashish Vazirani on the Department s efforts...women leaving the military with careers as U S Border Patrol agents through DOD s SkillBridge program with his Veterans Border Patrol Training Act The SkillBridge program allows servicemembers to gain tangible...
June 1, 2023
package the Senator secured his bipartisan Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2021 to increase transparency accountability and improve performance of information technology systems...beneficiary travel program The omnibus also included Tester s bipartisan Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act which includes a provision mandating a Government Accountability Office report on fraud waste and abuse...
the United States of America in Congress assembled 2 SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE 3 This Act may be cited as the Road to Access Act 4 of 2023 5 SEC 2 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF 6 VETERANS AFFAIRS BENEFICIARY...extent practicable not later than one 22 year after the date of the enactment of the Road to Access 23 Act of 2023 the Secretary shall establish a policy whereby 24 a veteran described in paragraph 2 who is...percent or more 8 B with a disability as defined in section 3 of 9 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 42 10 U S C 12102 11 C without reasonable access to the Bene 12 ficiary Travel Self Service...
March 10, 2023
veterans The Senator championed the bipartisan bicameral VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act to increase transparency and oversight of the EHR project by requiring the VA Secretary to submit additional...law also included Tester s bipartisan Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform Act of 2021 which overhauls the planning and oversight for all large VA IT projects Chairman Tester has...
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