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today to speak in support of the Arla Harrell Act legislation I introduced to address a serious injustice perpetrated against veterans exposed to chemical agents as part of US government experiments during...Government conducted classified chemical tests of mustard agents including mustard gas and lewisite on thousands of its own servicemembers Mustard agents can cause painful blisters on exposed skin as well as...that they were told they would be exposed to mustard agents Servicemembers who participated in chamber testes were repeatedly exposed to mustard agents until they developed moderate to intense erythema a...
MOAA is especially grateful for the Committee s leadership in introducing S 2921 the Veterans First Act a comprehensive bill to improve the delivery of health care and benefits in the Department of Veterans...of the bills being considered today will build upon the work of the Committee in the Veterans First Act further enhancing VA s health and benefits systems Our Association looks forward to working with the...603 Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2015 S 2210 Veteran Partners Efforts to Enhance Reintegration PEER Act S 2279 Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act S 3035 Maximizing Efficiency and Improving...
subsection C ii The definition of a postsecondary vocational institution as defined in the Higher Education Act does seem to contain adequate parameters to protect the integrity of the GI Bill The institution must...proposed subsection C i is problematical If you solely look at the definition that is cited the Perkins Act limits the institutions covered to public and nonprofit institutions but it does not require that the...an unrecognized accrediting entity and still be able to qualify for the GI Bill Finally the Perkins Act definition of career and technical education includes entrepreneurship which as you ll recall is currently...
Those being HR3870 S2791 Atomic Veteran Healthcare Parity Act Senate version before this committee HR2747 S3033 Atomic Veteran Service Medal Act and H Res 377 Recognizing National Atomic Veterans Day on...inhalation or ingestion Islands were contaminated with other toxic materials such as Beryllium and Agent Orange Documents obtained under FOIA question why certain radioactive elements were not found at Enewetak...
federal sector prosecutor of claims under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act USERRA We provide comments on Ranking Member Blumenthal s legislation which clarifies the scope of...administrative appeals is not required It is the Committee s intent that even if a person protected under the Act resorts to arbitration any arbitration decision shall not be binding as a matter of law H Rept No 103...
for the Justice for Servicemembers Act JSA S 3042 NELA commends Senators Blumenthal Leahy Durbin and Franken on the introduction of the Justice for Servicemembers Act We also commend Chairman Isakson on...addresses additional proposed amendments to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 USERRA contained in the Discussion Draft that is under consideration by the Committee Founded...undermined by court decisions 2 I USERRA Overview The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 USERRA 38 U S C 4301 et seq ensures that the civilian jobs of servicemembers and veterans including...
Department of Veterans Affairs 2 The American Legion supports S 244 S 603 Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2015 A bill to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals...staff can utilize to transport veterans to the care they need The Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2015 would also provide mileage reimbursement for combat veterans traveling to receive mental health...health care at Veterans Centers and would amend the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 to reauthorize through FY2020 a grant program to provide innovative transportation options...
it very much 4 In 2010 Congress passed the Post 9 11 Veterans5 Education Assistance Improvement Act This Act authorized6 veterans to use their benefits to pursue a technical or7 career certificate program...you Senator Murray for the opportunity to speak on4 behalf of the Atomic Veterans Health Care Parity Act which5 I introduced with Senator Tillis Thank you also to Senator6 Coons and Senator Wyden for cosponsoring...order to right this wrong Senator Tillis and I9 introduced the Atomic Veterans Health Care Parity Act This10 bipartisan bicameral legislation assures that the veterans11 who participated in the clean up...
this type of diagnosis which can be nuanced S 603 Rural Veterans Travel Enhancement Act of 2015 Section 2 of this Act would make permanent the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs VA to transport...highly rural veterans to and from VA facilities for appointments through 2020 AMVETS supports this Act based on our National Resolution for Services for Rural Remote Veteran Populations which urges an increase...and AMVETS supports that this Act increases veterans access to physical and mental health care S 2210 Veteran Partners Efforts to Enhance Reintegration PEER Act The PEER Act would establish a peer specialist...
thank you for affording me the opportunity to testify in support of the Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2016 S 3042 H R 5426 This legislation that Senator Blumenthal recently introduced would clarify...clarify longstanding protections under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act USERRA that have existed since the 1950s by stating that service members and veterans cannot waive...and the National Guard Association of the United States in support of the Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2016 In 1994 when Congress enacted USERRA it stated explicitly that veterans and service members...
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