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More than 93,000 people have filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allows people to seek a payout for injuries caused by exposure to toxic water at the Marine Corps Base from mid ...
The Camp Lejeune water contamination problem occurred at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, from 1953 to 1987. [1] During that time, United States Marine Corps (USMC) personnel and families at the base — as well as many international, particularly British, [2] assignees — bathed in and ingested tap water contaminated with harmful chemicals at all concentrations ...
The veteran joined thousands of victims who filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which expedited litigation when it was signed into law in 2022. But nearly a year later, while his case ...
“We were in Washington D.C. and he was one of the first co-sponsors of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act,” Amburgey said of Barr. ... Senators first passed the PACT Act in June 88-14 and sent it to ...
Efforts to create a Camp LeJeune Justice Act in 2021 failed, but the effort was renewed in 2022 when Camp LeJeune Justice Act became Section 706 [14] of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act, H.R. 3967. [15] The U.S. House passed H.R. 3967 on March 3, 2022, by a vote of 256–174. [16]
The death of Janey Ensminger led to the creation of H.R.1742, known as the Janey Ensminger Act, an act of the 112th United States Congress which established a presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with contaminants in the water supply at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between the years 1957 and 1987 [3] and which provided healthcare to family members of veterans who lived ...
Veterans’ groups were blindsided by a last-minute change of heart from Republicans, who joined Sens. Tillis and Burr in opposing a bill that addresses toxic exposure by veterans.
Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012: Created or expanded various veterans' benefits programs dealing mainly with healthcare (notably exposition to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune until the late 80s), housing, education and management of the Arlington National Cemetery. 112-155: August 7, 2012