Military-Veterans Advocacy (MVA) has established a Bill of the Week. With this program we will highlight critical legislature that will benefit veterans. Scroll down for previous Bills of the Week!
Week of April 7 - April 14 - HR 2372 and S 952
HR 2372 and S 952 will provide for presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure
to toxins. The Warfighter bills are essential to provide needed medical coverage and compensation for victims of military toxic exposure. For far too long our veterans have suffered and died while awaiting medical care because of the bureaucratic intransigence of the VA. We need a comprehensive toxic exposure plan, and these bills are a good first step. Please ask your Member of Congress and Senators to co-sponsor these bills. actnow.io/WHnmhXM
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Week of March 31 - April 7 - HR 1022, S 951, HR 1448, and S 613
HR 1022 and S 951 will direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to private entities for the provision of service dogs to eligible veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
HR 1448 and S 613 will direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy, and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments. Click actnow.io/NJK8OuD
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Week of March 24 - March 31 - HR 1585 AND S 565
HR 1585 and S 565 are companion bills that will provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Click actnow.io/obQNAug
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Week of March 17 - 24 - HR 1355 AND S 454
HR 1355 and S 454. These companion bills will provide health care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan. Click actnow.io/kWlG3rj
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Week of March 10 - March 16 - HR 109.
HR 109 will establish an advisory committee on the implementation by the Department of Veterans Affairs of an electronic health record. Click https://actnow.io/YCZMKVz
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Week of March 3 - March 9 - HR 1014. This bill will establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTS). Click https://actnow.io/GGfhySC
Week of April 7 - April 14 - HR 2372 and S 952
HR 2372 and S 952 will provide for presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure
to toxins. The Warfighter bills are essential to provide needed medical coverage and compensation for victims of military toxic exposure. For far too long our veterans have suffered and died while awaiting medical care because of the bureaucratic intransigence of the VA. We need a comprehensive toxic exposure plan, and these bills are a good first step. Please ask your Member of Congress and Senators to co-sponsor these bills. actnow.io/WHnmhXM
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Week of March 31 - April 7 - HR 1022, S 951, HR 1448, and S 613
HR 1022 and S 951 will direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a grant program under which the Secretary shall make grants to private entities for the provision of service dogs to eligible veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
HR 1448 and S 613 will direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy, and to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide service dogs to veterans with mental illnesses who do not have mobility impairments. Click actnow.io/NJK8OuD
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Week of March 24 - March 31 - HR 1585 AND S 565
HR 1585 and S 565 are companion bills that will provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Click actnow.io/obQNAug
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Week of March 17 - 24 - HR 1355 AND S 454
HR 1355 and S 454. These companion bills will provide health care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan. Click actnow.io/kWlG3rj
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Week of March 10 - March 16 - HR 109.
HR 109 will establish an advisory committee on the implementation by the Department of Veterans Affairs of an electronic health record. Click https://actnow.io/YCZMKVz
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Week of March 3 - March 9 - HR 1014. This bill will establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTS). Click https://actnow.io/GGfhySC
