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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.
Section 804 of the PACT Act contains a new federal cause of action for those exposed to and injured by the toxins in the water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. [23] Until this became law, only exposed veterans had the possibility of compensation (as a VA disability benefit) because the federal courts cut off the right to sue under the Federal ...
Senators first passed the PACT Act in June 88-14 and sent it to the House to concur, which passed it 256-174 but added a technical correction. That meant it needed to come back to the Senate for ...
Sen. Ted Budd and Sen. Thom Tillis led a group of lawmakers in demanding answers on why the government is failing to resolve claims filed by veterans and their families in toxic water cases.
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 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 ...
Attorneys are filing claims on behalf of Marines and their families over the base’s water contamination. Here’s a breakdown of what happened and what’s next.
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 ...